The status of women in economics in the US has come increasingly under the spotlight. We exploit high quality … administrative data to paint the first comprehensive picture of the status of women in UK academic economics departments in research …-intensive universities. Our evidence indicates that, as in the US, women in economics are under-represented and are paid less than men. The …

the relative pay of women. To this end new labor market and related estimates for Canada are developed. The Canadian … during these times of dramatic economic and social change that the structure of Canadian women's market employment was …

-earning women; a group for which earnings inequality is particularly large. A lower mothers' benefit amount results in a reduced …