Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women's and men's
participation in the labour market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early …

This paper explores the recent efforts by the corporate world and public policy to increase
the number of women in leadership positions in the workplace. We review and empirically …

In standard promotion tournaments, contestants are ranked based on their output or
productivity. We argue that workers' career progression may also depend on their relative …

This report summarises the findings of a research project that has been carried out by the
Bank of Italy over the past three years. The report provides an overview of the gender …

We investigate the drivers of female labor force participation in the presence of unbalanced
sex ratios due to a scarcity of males. To do so, we exploit exogenous variation in sex ratios …

The consequence of the arrival of children for the gender wage gap-known as the child
penalty-is substantial and has been documented for many countries. Little is still known …

We examine the choices of undergraduate students at a French university who are
competing for seats at foreign universities to fulfill a mandatory exchange program …

In this paper we analyze motives (person-, work-, and organizational-related) of
presenteeism among employees in selected European countries. We applied questions on …

Parents of children with disabilities may face higher labour-market penalties given the extra
care and support required. Using Swedish administrative data, we focus on first births to …

In this paper, we first present evidence that male scarcity can lead to an increased female
presence in male-dominated and physically demanding occupations. We then present a …