Gender differences in occupations account for a sizable portion of the persistent gender pay gap. This paper examines … the relationship between the demand for long hours of work (as proxied for by the share of men working 50 or more hours … desirability of the work environment for women with family responsibilities and is not merely proxying for other demand side shocks …

This study examines gender differences in risk-taking behavior among managers in a female-dominated industry. Using …-taking than female coaches on average. We also find a U-shaped age effect that is independent of gender, meaning that young and … previous studies on gender differences in risk preferences, and thereby emphasize the importance of considering the industrial …

This paper investigates how high school gender composition affects students' participation in STEM at college. Using … Danish administrative data, we exploit idiosyncratic within-school variation in gender composition. We find that having a … participation increases with more female peers present. In the long run, women exposed to more female peers are less likely to work …

We use idiosyncratic variation in gender composition across cohorts within Norwegian lower-secondary schools to analyze …

Uganda National Household Survey by adopting a Tobit-hybrid model. Our results show that gender differentials in the intra …-household allocation of labour actually occur in correspondence with changes in food prices. We find that, overall, women work … significantly more, since the additional hours women work in the labour market are not counterbalanced by a relevant reduction in …

Occupational differences by gender remain a common feature of labor markets. We begin by documenting recent trends in … that emphasize the role of gender differences in psychological traits, preferences for non-pecuniary (family-friendly) job … characteristics, personality traits, and skills. Using detailed data on occupational work content from O*NET linked to the American …

differences in gender identity between men and women. We find little evidence of any systematic gender differences in the …