Posts tagged with 'gender'
August 27, 2018
Brothers foster women’s gender conformity
Study from Denmark shows that parents invest differently in their daughters if they also have sons
February 16, 2018
Searching on campus: Marriage market effects of the student gender composition
The growing success of online dating platforms seems to indicate that finding your partner in the “real” world becomes harder. […]
December 1, 2017
Do boys benefit from male teachers in elementary school?
The scarcity of male teachers in schools has led to a debate on whether young boys require more male role models.
September 14, 2017
Transitioning across gender is related to greater life and job satisfaction
A new IZA World of Labor report finds that after transitioning, trans people experience better mental health, and greater life […]
September 5, 2017
Do managers need more masculine or more feminine skills?
Among top business managers women are still a rare sight. The reasons are complex and subject to heated debates. One […]
April 7, 2017
Mental health affects employment outcomes – and vice versa
Depression, which is the focus of this year’s World Health Day, is also an important topic for labor economists as […]
March 17, 2017
The gender pay gap: Discrimination or structural differences?
Women earn less than men. In the US the gap is approximately 22%. Among OECD countries the gap averages 15%. […]
April 26, 2016
Gender discrimination at work: What if your boss is a woman?
Despite the remarkable increase of female participation in education, the labor market and political life that has taken place over […]
February 16, 2015
New volume on gender convergence in the labor market
For most countries in recent years women’s labor force participation has risen while men’s has fallen. At the same time, […]
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 […]
March 19, 2013
Women do better and seem less anxious in all-female classes
Nowadays more women attend university than men. Yet, women are still under-represented in the highest levels of technical subjects such […]
January 27, 2013
Girls, take maths and boost your career!
A recent IZA working paper by Juanna Schrøter Joensen and Helena Skyt Nielsen suggests that taking more Math courses in […]