The COVID-19 pandemic and related closures of day care centres and schools significantly
increased the amount of care work done by parents. There has been much speculation over …

Wage growth occurs almost exclusively in full-time work, whereas it is close to zero in part-
time work. German women, when asked to predict their own potential wage outcomes, show …

This dissertation consists of five independent chapters contributing to the field of applied
economics. The first three chapters analyze workers' perceptions of the wage penalty …