Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing … education levels, either overall or for females relative to males, tends to increase rather than decrease segregation. …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We …

1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the …

1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the …

sufficiently low gender wage gap), Intermediate-gap couples (with an intermediate gender wage gap) and high-gap couples (with a … sufficiently high gender wage gap). Our model predicts that while egalitarian couples never specialize and always share home …

crisis appears to have increased gender inequalities in both paid and unpaid work in the short-term. …

limited scope for the father quota to alter household behaviors beyond the parental leave period and reduce gender inequality …

particular, the relationship between a woman's education and her participation in the labor force varies from being positive and … participation remain largely country-specific. Nonetheless, rising education levels and declining fertility consistently increased …