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We analyze the impact of evaluator and candidate gender on the language used in academic evaluations using data on 295 … to evaluators, but we find no indication that the language of the assessments depends on the gender of either the …
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happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
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happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013209726
This paper assesses gender differences in the effects of adverse conditions at labor-market entry in a developing … find that men who faced higher unemployment rates at ages 18-20 suffer a negative effect on employment at ages 27-30. In … labor market conditions are correlated to more egalitarian perceptions about gender roles later in life. …
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Gender differences in occupations account for a sizable portion of the persistent gender pay gap. This paper examines …
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This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German federal states on the share of male and female students who complete degrees in STEM subjects and who later work in STEM occupations. The reform had two important aspects: (i) it...
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of professional success is beating older top ranked juniors. Our results reveal stark gender differences. For example …
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This study uses human capital and gender stratification theory to answer three research questions concerning the … therefore non-precarious employment. Using data from U.S. respondents, findings suggest: a) a “gender” to precarious employment … in that women are more likely to work in low quality job settings; b) gender discrepancies in benefits and union …
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Job loss leads to persistent adverse labor market outcomes, but assessments of gender differences in labor market … recovery are lacking. We utilize plant closures in Denmark to estimate gender gaps in labor market outcomes and document that … women face an increased risk of unemployment and lose a larger share of their earnings in the two years following job …
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graduates in Germany, we study gender differences in the decision to stay at university as a postdoctoral researcher and in the … intention to become a professor. We find that gender gaps related to aiming for a professorship can be fully explained by … observable characteristics other than gender. On the contrary, even after adding controls for an array of characteristics …
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