differentials between sectors by gender and between men and women by sector are carried out. Results indicate that when controlled … public administration, there is a large gender wage-gap in the private sector in favor of men. Private returns to schooling …

sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …

was partially offset by changes in the distribution of these characteristics. Between-gender inequality fell with respect … to both samples. In contrast to within-gender inequality, this was largely explained by changes in the returns to the …

affected by gender in Britain; men display behaviour characteristic of competitiveness whilst women do not. …

Concerns about gender equality have jumped to the forefront of public debate in recent years, and Gender Economics is … slowly affirming its place as a major field of study. This assessment examines where we are in terms of gender equality. It … of policies and interventions targeting gender inequality. In doing so, I provide the foundations against which the …

There is growing interest in understanding how gender influences the accumulation of wealth. While prior studies … oversamples the top 1% of wealth holders in Germany, we show that the gender wealth gap is small for individuals up to age 40 …