transition the gender gap in wages has remained relatively stable, a striking outcome considering that there has been a large … analysis is not that women's education level and occupation have a positive or negative effect on the gender pay gap. The main … finding is that, the biggest parts of the gender pay gap remains, and it therefore remains technically unexplained. The …

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the gender wage disparity in paid-employment and self-employment. To … identify and decompose the causes of paid-employment and self-employment gender wage gap in Cameroon. Firstly, the paper uses …-employment, particularly with strong effects at the extreme of wage distribution. Narrowing the gender wage gap by eliminating discrimination …

Research on sex differences in humans documents gender differences in sensory, motor and spatial aptitudes. These … of gender based occupational segregation by 20-23 percent in 1970 and 2012. Eliminating selection on DOT variables …

This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap …, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

Prior research suggests that gender differences in hours worked play an important role in the gender pay gap. Yet … for the gender wage gap, even though men work more hours than women on average. However, while the wage returns to hours …. We develop a conceptual framework that reconciles these facts. We show that, under some assumptions, gender differences …

of gender wage gaps with a view to devising effective policies to reduce them. The findings suggest that, on average …, “sticky floors” related to social norms, gender stereotyping and discrimination account for 40% of the gender wage gap, while …, additionally need to prioritise equal pay and pay transparency laws, measures to address gender stereotyping, competition in …

We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days …