The gender pay gap in Germany amounts to 22% according to the Federal Statistical Office (2014). Based on the Socio …

Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …

A large body of empirical evidence documents the gender variation in labour market outcomes. A major factor that … contributes to persistent gender gaps in labour market performance is women's traditional role in the household. Child … a motherhood penalty. We highlight how the fundamental gender-driven career/family conflict faced by workers in the …

discrimination theories (Becker, 1957), part of this gender gap in labour market outcomes could be explained by systematic gender … or for occupational choices. For example, women tend to choose different majors in tertiary education (Zafar, 2013) and … into higher paid industries. Overall, they conclude that gender differences in competitiveness explain about 10 percent of …

. Specifically, gender gaps have narrowed considerably (and in several cases disappeared) in human capital accumulation (educational … gender convergence' (Goldin 2014). Yet, gender gaps in earnings and leadership still persist. Women earn substantially less … persistence of gender gaps in earnings and leadership is cause for great concern for both reasons of social justice and efficiency …

The existence and causes of gender gaps in pay and in occupational choice have been increasingly at the centre of … over time generally suggest that gaps exist and are significant, indicating that gender inequality remains persistent in … to further welfare losses over time. One hotly debated issue is that of the gender effect on business performance. Women …