Olivetti, Claudia; Petrongolo, Barbara - In: Review of Economic Dynamics 17 (2014) 4, pp. 842-859
The comovement of gender gaps in hours and wages across countries and skills reveals the presence of net demand forces … shaping gender differences in labor market outcomes. This paper links the rich pattern of variation in gender gaps to the … process of structural transformation. Based on a stylized, multi-sector equilibrium model, we illustrate that the gender bias …