unobserved determinants of hiring outcomes. In this study, the authors empirically investigate this bias in the context of gender …

An unsettling stylized fact is that decorated early childhood education programs improve cognitive skills in the short … critique of early childhood programs, our results highlight that fade-out is a key rationale for providing early education to … all children. This is because human capital accumulation is inherently a social activity, leading early education programs …

) classroom use in schools and (ii) home use by students. Theoretically, information and communications technology (ICT …A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families, and policymakers with the hope of improving … educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational …

gender, ethnicity, age, and employment status in the Swedish rental market for apartments. Our results confirm the existence …

willingness to take risks is negatively related to age and being female, and positively related to height and parental education …

, the gender gap is smaller in the Mosuo. Regressions show that socio-economic factors such as family size, family head …, education, age, and income also have significant effects on subject's risk choices. …

Education is a main determinant of employment, but not in isolation. Information and Communication Technologies (ICT …) skills have become a key element to facilitate employment opportunities. The growth in female educational attainment and ICT … use is closing the gender divide and favouring female employment. We present evidence on this for the Spanish labour …

pervasive informal sector and a wide wage dispersion reflecting a large education premium for those with higher education …