The gender wage gap varies widely across countries and across skill groups within countries. Interestingly, there is a … positive cross-country correlation between the unskilled-to-skilled gender wage gap and the corresponding gap in hours worked … shaping gender differences in labor market outcomes across skills and countries. We use a simple multi-sector framework to …

This paper investigates the role of the rise of services in the narrowing of gender gaps in hours and wages in recent … goods, services and home production, in which women have a comparative advantage in producing market and home services. The … rise of services, driven by structural transformation and marketization of home production, acts as a gender-biased demand …

In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities … human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the gene pool. A key consequence of the trade-off faced by women is that … rank in the distribution of income. In the "Sex and the City" (SATC) type, women marry men who are better ranked than …

Gender wage and employment gaps are negatively correlated across countries. We argue that non-random selection of women … consistent with low gender wage gaps simply because low-wage women would not feature in the observed wage distribution. We …, if women who are employed tend to have relatively high-wage characteristics, low female employment rates may become …

Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years either pregnant or … nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced women's comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an … associated with women's reproductive role. We explore the hypothesis that these developments enabled married women to increase …

and women were each asked about their reproductive histories. We document a number of interesting differences in fertility … outcomes of men and women. First, while one might have thought that average rates for men and women must coincide, we find that … women in four out of the six countries we consider. The gaps are large – reaching up to 4.6 children in Burkina Faso for the …

, all male, and coeducational. They were not allowed to change group subsequently. We found that women are less likely to … make risky choices than men at both dates. However, after eight weeks in a single-sex environment, women were significantly … observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning …

salient. Using experimental data we show that salience affects young men and women differently, even after controlling for … cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Men are significantly more likely than women to switch from a certain to a risky choice once …

findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …

causes women to adopt behaviors associated with better academic outcomes: such as attending more classes and doing optional …