Theoretical and practical analysis of the differences in salary and career between men and women.

Summary The objective of this thesis is to present a theoretical and econometric analysis of gender wage and career differentials and to present some implications for economic policy. Chapter 1, which is descriptive in nature, provides an overview of the occupational gender differences that persist in France. Chapter 2 identifies the economic theories that can explain them. Chapters 3 and 4 propose original dynamic models of statistical discrimination. The first focuses on the roles of mobility and matching at the beginning of a career, and the second looks at the impact of such discrimination on comparative male/female investment in vocational training and on wage growth. Chapter 5 presents econometric modeling of youth transitions between different labor market states and assesses the effectiveness of public insertion measures for both sexes.