women on equipment. We also find that the gender gap is largest when we compare male-dominated sectors to female … microenterprises, much higher than market interest rates. But returns were found to be much higher among men than among women, and … indeed were not different from zero for women. In this paper, we explore different explanations for the lower returns among …

characteristics of the school account for the entire difference in the treatment effect by gender. …

experienced by girls and Scheduled Caste Hindu children. A gender gap still appears within as well as between communities, though … it is smaller within Muslim communities. While differences in gender and other demographic and socio-economic covariates …

these activities are discussed and an interpretation of the country differentials in the family caretaking gender gaps is …

-for-one tradeoff across countries in total work; 3) at unusual times of the day and on weekends. In addition, gender differences in …

Data on educational access show gender parity of pupils attending primary and secondary schools in transition countries …. The first aim of this analysis is to examine whether the gender balance in educational access translates also into gender … on gender equality in achievement across different sources: the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS …

This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex …-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property … rights after separation. We use this improvement in women's bargaining power in marriage for a regression discontinuity …

Large differences in fertility between women with high and low levels of education suggest that schooling may have a … direct impact on knowledge and use of contraception. We investigate this issue using information on women in Mexico. In order … their propensity to use contraception at sexual debut. This indicates that the impact of schooling on women's wellbeing …