The Gender Gap in Career Trajectories: Do Firms Matter?
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- David Card & Francesco Devicienti & Mariacristina Rossi & Andrea Weber, 2025. "The Gender Gap in Career Trajectories: Do Firms Matter?," RF Berlin - CReAM Discussion Paper Series 2510, Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RF Berlin) - Centre for Research and Analysis of Migration (CReAM).
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Keywords
maternity; firm effects; gender gaps; matched employer-employee data;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J00 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - General - - - General
- J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
- J38 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Public Policy
- J58 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining - - - Public Policy
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EUR-2025-05-05 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-GEN-2025-05-05 (Gender)
- NEP-HRM-2025-05-05 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LMA-2025-05-05 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-LTV-2025-05-05 (Unemployment, Inequality and Poverty)
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