Barigozzi, Francesca; Cremer, Helmuth; Thibault, Emmanuel - 2023
We present a simple dynamic model based on on-the-job human capital accumulation affecting the dynamic of wage rates … may create a wage trap and a permanent divergence of labor earnings between genders. Even when the wage trap is avoided …, and working mothers are on a path toward a high-wage equilibrium, slow convergence can permanently lose earnings. We use …