Economic development is often held to be beneficial for gender equality. However, there is good reason to believe that … long lasting institutions like religion, legal traditions, and family practices, also matter. This paper provides an … empirical assessment of the relative importance of development and historical determinants of gender equality at the cross …

In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less … gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact family address contained in a unique dataset covering 30,000 Italian …

that runs against the intuition that family ties weaken self-selection. Secondary earners in couples are more weakly self …

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 their marriages and with their family life, and are not only the least likely to divorce, but have had the biggest …

attitudes regarding Title IX and women’s rights are correlated with this remaining gender gap. Examining individual high school …

Why do entrepreneurship rates differ so markedly by gender? Using data from a large, representative German household …-up decision and can explain the gender gap in entrepreneurship. Applying a decomposition analysis, we observe that the higher risk … aversion among women explains a large share of the entrepreneurial gender gap. We also find an education effect contributing to …