results show that discrimination plays a more important role in explaining gender wage differentials than in explaining ethnic …

observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …

-Mao reforms in China to estimate the effects of total income and sex-specific income on sex ratios of surviving children. The … survival rates for girls. Moreover, increasing the mother's income increases educational attainment for all children, while …

unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …

educational achievements of individuals, as well as many aspects of family background, including birth order, number of sisters … higher number of siblings has a negative effect in general, holding birth order constant, except when parents belong to the … highest occupational groups; in other words, it is good to have many brothers and sisters if one's parents are well-to-do (the …