This paper proposes a new decomposition method to understand how gender pay gaps arise within firms. The method accounts for pipeline effects, nonstationary environments, and dynamic interactions between pay gap components. This paper assembles a new data set covering all employees at the World...

This paper develops and estimates a model of child care markets that endogenizes demand and supply. On the demand side, families with a child make consumption, labor supply, and child care decisions within a static, unitary household model. On the supply side, child care providers make entry,...

The role of employer discrimination in widening labor market differences between men and women has been hypothesized and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender-based discrimination by employers at the point of...