WGSRN: Gender Gaps in Employment & Income (Sub-Topic)最新文献

Taxing the Gender Gap: Labor Market Effects of a Payroll Tax Cut for Women in Italy 对性别差距征税:意大利女性工资税削减对劳动力市场的影响

WGSRN: Gender Gaps in Employment & Income (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2021-08-26 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3888305

Enrico Rubolino

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引用次数: 5

Beyond the Gender Binary: Transgender Labor Force Status in the United States 2014-2017 超越性别二元:2014-2017年美国跨性别劳动力状况

WGSRN: Gender Gaps in Employment & Income (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2021-02-12 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3784771

Travis Campbell, M. V. Lee Badgett, Everest Brennan

引用次数: 3

Gender Differences in Performance Under Competition: Is There a Stereotype Threat Shadow? 竞争下表现的性别差异:是否存在刻板印象威胁阴影?

WGSRN: Gender Gaps in Employment & Income (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2020-12-23 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3754872

Diogo Geraldes, Martin Strobel, A. Riedl

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引用次数: 1

The Hidden Cost of Prayer: Religiosity and the Gender Wage Gap (Online Supplement) 祈祷的隐性成本:宗教信仰与性别工资差距(在线增刊)

WGSRN: Gender Gaps in Employment & Income (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2020-10-26 DOI: 10.5465/amj.2019.1254

Traci Sitzmann, Elizabeth Campbell

引用次数: 20

Information and the Persistence of the Gender Wage Gap; Early Evidence from California's Salary History Ban 信息与性别工资差距的持续存在加州薪资历史禁令的早期证据

WGSRN: Gender Gaps in Employment & Income (Sub-Topic) Pub Date : 2019-02-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3277664

Benjamin C. Hansen, Drew McNichols

引用次数: 17