Posts tagged with 'gender wage gap'
January 7, 2022
Minimum wage reduced the gender wage gap in Germany
Largest effect among low-paid workers, but women in higher wage groups benefit as well
January 17, 2018
What drives the gender pay gap?
The earnings differential between men and women is a recurring topic in academic research and policy debates. While the gender […]
March 17, 2017
The gender pay gap: Discrimination or structural differences?
Diskriminierung oder strukturelle Unterschiede?
May 15, 2016
IZA Prize goes to Claudia Goldin
The 2016 IZA Prize in Labor Economics goes to Claudia Goldin, the Henry Lee Professor of Economics at Harvard University. […]
November 18, 2015
Sexual orientation related to preferences for competition
The gender wage gap is one of the most researched empirical facts in labor economics. But it is not only […]
October 6, 2014
Solomon Polachek on equal pay and the gender wage gap
In a video interview, IZA Fellow Solomon Polachek (State University of New York at Binghamton) talks about equal pay and […]
September 30, 2014
Where does the gender gap in economics enrolment arise?
Although women account for 57% of all students at UK universities, the share of female economics students is only about […]
August 5, 2014
Do personality traits affect productivity? Evidence from the lab
Individual differences in cognitive abilities measures such as IQ cannot fully explain the wage variation across workers, nor the intergenerational […]
July 28, 2014
Female quotas in company boards: Norwegian evidence shows no trickle-down effect
Women still earn less than men, and are still under-represented in executive positions. In 2003, the Norwegian government passed a […]
September 13, 2013
Men earn more because they negotiate better
Women have been found to do worse when it comes to negotiating their salaries: first, because they renegotiate less, and, […]
September 11, 2013
High testosterone, high wages?
Does the level of testosterone, which is associated with more aggressive and competitive behavior, explain why men earn more than […]
August 22, 2013
Men like child care at least as much as women do
In March of 2012, The New York Times (NYT) website ran the headline, “Do Women Like Child Care More than […]