This chapter surveys the literature on the gender wage gap in developed countries. The
overarching goals are to provide an overview of the gender wage gap, to examine the extent …

Suitable for courses addressing community economic development, non-profit
organizations, co-operatives and the social economy more broadly, the second edition of …

This study investigates whether the high labour market costs of having children for women
can be explained by the associated biological costs. Estimating the significance of biological …

ABSTRACT A significant number of the jobs that are found in the tourism sector are relatively
low-paying positions. The share of part-time employment is also large. This study focuses on …

We estimate that Canadian women working full time are 1.8 percentage points less likely to
be promoted, receive fewer promotions, and experience 2.8 percent less wage growth …

An examination of managers' perspectives on employees' parental leave rights is presented,
drawing on qualitative interviews with 34 managers in the Norwegian police and in the legal …

This paper decomposes the gender gap in pay in the Russian Federation along the
earnings distribution for the period 1996? 2011. The analysis uses a reweighted, recentered …

This paper proposes a non-pecuniary measure of career achievement, Seniority. Based on
a database of over 5 million resumes, this metric exploits the variation in job titles and how …

Using Danish administrative data from 1995-2014, I compare income and wage trajectories
of women to those of their partner before and after becoming parents. I then compare within …

Employers have an incentive to fill managerial positions with the most able candidates, and
they face a central choice of promoting from inside or outside the firm. With respect to the …