Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/162335 
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2017
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[Journal:] IZA World of Labor [ISSN:] 2054-9571 [Article No.:] 323 [Publisher:] Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) [Place:] Bonn [Year:] 2017
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
Gender wage gaps and women’s underrepresentation in leadership positions exist at remarkably similar magnitudes across countries at all levels of income per capita. Women’s educational attainment and labor market participation have improved, but this has been insufficient to close the gaps. A combination of economic forces, cultural and social norms, discrimination, and unequal legal rights appear to be contributing to gender inequality. A range of policy options (such as quotas) have been implemented in some countries; some have been successful, whereas for others the effects are still unclear.
Subjects: 
gender discrimination
gender wage gaps
female leadership
economic development
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J1
J3
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Article

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