Using harmonised data from the European Union Household Panel, we analyse gender pay gaps by sector across the wages … distribution for ten countries. We find that the mean gender pay gap in the raw data typically hides large variations in the gap … men and women. We find that, first, gender pay gaps are typically bigger at the top of the wage distribution, a finding …

In spring 2005, Austria launched a campaign to inform employers and newspapers that gender preferences in job … advertisements were illegal. At the time over 40% of openings on the nation's largest job-board specified a preferred gender. Over … how the elimination of gender preferences affected hiring and job outcomes. Prior to the campaign, most stated preferences …