This paper analyses the extent to which gender differences in human capital contribute to explaining the observable … private sector. Based on a simple analytical framework, the analysis shows that if a large part of the gender wage gap can be … female human capital is less valued in terms of wages. The gender wage gap narrowing stems mainly from a reduction in gender …

A comprehensive descriptive analysis of gender wage differences over a long time period is missing for West Germany … well as life-cycle and birth cohort effects, we go beyond conventional decomposition techniques of the average gender wage … gap. The paper provides some stylized facts of the level and dynamics of the gender wage gap from 1975 - 1995. The …

Promoting fathers to take parental leave is seen as a promising way to advance gender equality. However, there is still …. Fathers who took parental leave in a female-dominated or gender-neutral occupation are not less likely to be invited to a job … femaledominated and the gender-neutral occupation, while the opposite is true for the male-dominated occupation. This suggests the …

also face more discrimination in the labour market, the consequences of overeducation are likely to differ by gender. Using …

We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness … and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …