Gender in the labor market

• Other Authors: Polachek, S. W., Tatsiramos, Konstantinos, Zimmermann, Klaus F.
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Bingley, U.K. : Emerald, 2015.
• Series: Research in labor economics ; v. 42.
• Subjects: Labor market > Sex differences.; Sex discrimination in employment.; Women > Employment.; Wages > Sex differences.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 9781785601408
• ISSN: 0147-9121 ;
• DOI: 10.1108/S0147-9121201542
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 306 p.) : ill.

Although converging somewhat, men are still economically more successful than women. These stark economic differences prevail in the United States and in virtually all countries throughout the world. This volume contains a number of important new articles analyzing reasons for continuing gender disc...

Table of Contents:

• Gender and dynamic agency : theory and evidence on the compensation of top executives / Stefania Albanesi, Claudia Olivetti, Mari<U+0301>a Jose<U+0301> Prados
• Gender differences in risk preferences : an empirical study using attitudinal and behavioral specifications of risk aversion / Jyoti Rai, Jean Kimmel
• Childcare reform : effects on earnings and employment among native Swedish and immigrant mothers / Magnus Wikstro<U+0308>m, Elena Kotyrlo, Niklas Hanes
• Intra-household resource allocation and gender bias in Iran / Ebrahim Azimi
• Why has the college gender gap expanded? / Sarah Kroeger
• The gender gap in starting salaries for new college graduates / Robert J. Thornton, Judith A. McDonald
• Wage growth and job mobility in the early career : testing a statistical discrimination model of the gender wage gap / Philippe Belley, Nathalie Havet, Guy Lacroix
• Selection into occupations and the intergenerational mobility of daughters and sons / Julia M. Schwenkenberg.