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The gender gap in employment and wages

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Despite a century of convergence, there is still no evidence of fully closing gender gaps in employment and wages, possibly reflecting a suboptimal allocation of talent. Economic research has emphasized the role of gender differences in preferences, work–life balance considerations and gender identity norms in shaping the observed gender trends.

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Petrongolo, B. The gender gap in employment and wages. Nat Hum Behav 3, 316–318 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-019-0558-x

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