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We develop a simple model of self-fulfilling expectations by firms and households that generates multiplicity of equilibria in both pay and time allocation for ex-ante identical individuals, except for gender. Multiplicity of equilibria arises from the role of statistical discrimination in firm´s decisions about the provision of specific training to workers. We find that: (i) the ungendered equilibrium becomes unique as the economy becomes more productive, (ii) the ungendered equilibrium could yield higher welfare than the genderered one under some scenarios, and (iii) gender-neutral job subsidies are more effective that gender-targeted ones in removing the gendered equilibrium.