they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor’s degree in Economics, arguably an …

regions and cohorts with poorer family background. Parental education has had asymmetric effects, positive on attainment and … individuals with poor family background and negative for individuals born in regions and cohorts with relatively high parental … to parental education in the production of individual human capital. When school quality and family background are …

high school students. Our estimation results show that single-sex schooling improves the performance of female students in …

that a larger share of Protestants decreased the gender gap in basic education. This result holds when using only the …. Similar results are found for the gender gap in literacy among the adult population in 1871. …