Posts tagged with 'women'
September 28, 2017
The labor market in Japan, 2000–2016: A role model for aging societies across the globe
A new IZA World of Labor report looking at developments in the labor market in Japan since 2000 finds that […]
September 18, 2017
Gender bias in teaching evaluations by economics students
In an ongoing heated debate on sexism in the economic profession, sparked by an analysis by Alice Wu of sexist […]
September 12, 2017
Who are the women in the top 1% and how do they make their money?
A lot of attention has been given to rising inequality and, in particular, to the increasing income share going to […]
March 17, 2017
The gender pay gap: Discrimination or structural differences?
Diskriminierung oder strukturelle Unterschiede?
August 5, 2016
Women’s chances in STEM fields better than often thought
One of the most common explanations why women are underrepresented in many areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) […]
July 20, 2016
How female labor supply is influenced by working neighbors and retired grandmothers
Over the last century, female labor participation has increased in almost all developed countries. The availability of child care and […]
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. […]
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 11, 2015
Female leaders increase workplace diversity by narrowing the gender gap in promotions
Although women comprise 45 percent of the labor force across OECD countries, they continue to earn less than men on […]
December 10, 2014
More women in leadership positions don’t make firms more successful
Many European countries are contemplating (or have already introduced) mandatory quotas for the share of women on the executive level […]
October 24, 2014
Should housework be shared more equally between partners?
Women do more housework than men. For most of history this phenomenon went largely unremarked. Housework was what women did, […]
October 9, 2014
Immigrant women: Not just secondary workers any more
Immigrant women in the labor market have long been viewed as “secondary workers” who work in unskilled jobs, mainly as […]
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 […]
March 26, 2014
More schooling makes women less likely to vote for Islamic parties
Many countries in the Middle East and North Africa are characterized by low levels of per capita income, democracy and […]
December 20, 2013
Women are not scared of competing with males, field experiment shows
Despite increasing female labor market participation, gender differences in labor market outcomes persist: men earn more, have better employment perspectives […]
November 4, 2013
Persuading mothers to work: results from an experiment
Many women see themselves as the better providers of care for their children, and thus refrain from delegating child care. […]
June 3, 2013
Basic entrepreneurship helps women out of poverty – new evidence from Bangladesh
The world’s poorest people lack capital and skills and work in occupations that others shun. Using a large-scale and long-term […]