Personality, ability, marriage and the gender wage gap: Evidence from Germany
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gender wage gap; big five; Germany;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J31 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Wages, Compensation, and Labor Costs - - - Wage Level and Structure; Wage Differentials
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-DEM-2016-07-30 (Demographic Economics)
- NEP-NEU-2016-07-30 (Neuroeconomics)
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