Do higher skill levels lead to better outcomes? The disproportionality between skills and outcomes for women

This paper looks at men’s and women’s positions in the labour market and relates them to their basic skills. In a meritocratic society higher skills are supposed to relate to higher outcomes. We question whether this relation is equally true for men and women. Using data for 13 countries from the OE...

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Main Authors: Lisanne Heilmann, Iddo Gal, Anke Grotlüschen
Format: Article
Language:deu
Published: Verlag Barbara Budrich 2020-10-01
Series:Gender
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3224/gender.v12i3.07