growth of human capital and several of its constituent factors are broken down by gender and by region, and in some cases … capital have grown over time. The purpose is to identify the sources of human capital growth by region, gender, and various …

This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … literature has argued that gender differences in a variety of outcomes could reflect underlying cultural values and beliefs. This … article reviews the literature on the relevance of culture in the determination of different forms of gender gap. I examine …

is to impute the missing race or ethnicity labels using proxies, then use those imputations to estimate the disparity …

The U.S. limits work visas for low-skill jobs outside of agriculture, with a binding quota that firms access via a …

names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite … stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender …

Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex and diverse effects on women's labor … findings highlight that alleviating commuting costs does not uniformly boost women's labor participation, as gender roles and …