-Mao reforms in China to estimate the effects of total income and sex-specific income on sex ratios of surviving children. The …

We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century … commerce quickly dissipates after national compulsory primary schooling is imposed at Unification, suggesting that the channel …

We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that over the 1861-1901 period family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to …

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

vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … between vocational skills and available jobs, the record of vocational schooling has been more positive. Israel constitutes a … impact of vocational schooling on finer breakdowns of the population of secondary school completers. …

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

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 …

In this paper we provide an overview of China’s human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two … decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China’s notable … Chinese modern higher education system China has made tremendous strides in education both domestically and internationally …

We use a new sample of UK female identical twins to estimate private economic returns to education. We report findings … in three areas. First, we use identical twins, to control for family effects and genetic ability bias, and the education … reported by the other twin to control for schooling measurement error. Our estimates suggest a return to schooling for UK …