Empirical studies show that though there is more room for improvement, much progress has
been made toward gender equality since the second wave of feminism. Evidence also …

An important line of research using laboratory experiments has provided a new potential
reason for gender imbalances in labour markets: men are more competitively inclined than …

This study explores whether the diffusion of gender-equitable attitudes towards female
employment is associated with fertility. We argue that any positive effect on fertility requires …

The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men
and women are analyzed today. Beyond the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of …

We analyze gender wage gaps correcting for sample selection induced by nonemployment.
We recover wages for the nonemployed using alternative imputation techniques, simply …

Cross-country differences in both the age at first birth and fertility are substantial in Europe.
This paper uses distinct fluctuations in unemployment rates across European countries …

As several European governments develop new start-up programmes during recessions, the
appropriateness of these policies recently has become a hot policy issue. This study …

Using an incentivized measure of individuals' taste for competition, this paper investigates
whether this taste explains subsequent gender differences in earnings and industry choice …

During the last four decades the average total fertility rate in OECD countries witnessed a
dramatic fall: from 2.9 in 1960 to 2.0 in 1975 and then to 1.6 in the late 1990s (reaching 1.25 …

This paper studies the duration pattern of fixed-term contracts and the determinants of their
conversion into permanent ones in Spain, where the share of fixed-term employment is the …