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This study examines the gender wage gap between male and female workers in the US using a cross-section from the … Current Population Survey (CPS) It shows that the extent of gender segregation by both industry and occupation is … appropriate techniques in the presence of such strong gender segregation . To secure even greater precision we repeat the matching …
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We examine how the gender of business-owners is related to the wages paid to female relative to male employees working … in their firms. Using Finnish register data and employing firm fixed effects, we find that the gender pay gap is … - starting from a gender pay gap of 11 to 12 percent - two to three percentage-points lower for hourly wages in female …
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gender wage gap. We find that the gender wage gap is canceled for licensed self-employed workers. However, this closure of … the gender wage gap is not mirrored by significant changes in the gender gap in hours worked. Our results are robust using …
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This study examines the gender wage gap in the US using two separate cross-sections from the Current Population Survey … (CPS). The extensive literature on this subject includes papers which use wage decompositions to divide gender wag gaps … simply being female on wages. However, to form a complete picture, one should consider that gender wages are affected by a …
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child on gender inequality from the perspectives of labor market outcomes and its mechanisms. Results show that becoming a … work in the formal sector. Moreover, social norms towards gender roles lead mothers to devote more time to housework and …
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We investigate the drivers of gender differentials in hiring chances. More concretely, we test (i) whether recruiters … perceive job applicants in gender stereotypical terms when making hiring decisions and (ii) whether the activation of these … gender stereotypes in recruiters' minds varies by the salience of gender in a particular hiring context and the gender …
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This paper explores the role of performance-related pay to the UK gender pay gap at the mean and across the earnings … jobs explaining 12 per cent of the observed mean gender pay gap and making a larger contribution than many work …-related pay jobs is more important in explaining the gender pay gap at the top end of the wage distribution, consistent with …
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Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender … the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender …
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How does childbirth impact the career paths of men and women within the same household? To what extent does the unpaid care work related to this event contribute to the downward mobility experienced by women in a highly flexible labour market like Italy? Drawing on feminist and labour market...
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Gender inequality is much more than wage gaps. Indeed, one interesting case is how individuals allocate time among … different activities such as paid work, unpaid work and domestic work. This paper aims to quantify gender inequality in the time … use in unpaid care and home activities and to investigate the main drivers of gender gaps in Colombia using the National …
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