We establish the presence of a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries using detailed …, comparable test score data. Examining micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics we note that first …, the gender gap appears to increase with age. Indeed, the gap nearly doubles when comparing 4th grade and 8th grade test …

effect is that initially routine-intensive local labor markets experienced greater occupational gender integration. College …

We document and analyze the emergence of a substantial gender gap in mathematics in the early years of schooling using … between boys and girls upon entry to school, but girls lose more than two-tenths of a standard deviation relative to boys over … the first six years of school. The ground lost by girls relative to boys is roughly half as large as the black-white test …

remote and hybrid instruction in widening gaps in achievement by race and school poverty. We find that remote instruction was …

. We show through a randomized controlled trial that school principals, i.e., school mangers, can act as leaders to improve …

Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went … countries. Relying on panel estimation with country fixed effects, we identify the effect of school autonomy from within …-country changes in the average share of schools with autonomy over key elements of school operations. Our results show that autonomy …

This study investigates empirically whether and how the use of gender-neutral language affects the performance of women …'s standardized college admission tests amended the language used in its exams, making test language more gender neutral. We find that … the change to a more gender-neutral language was associated with a significant improvement in the performance of women on …

, ethnicity, and gender in the United States. However, the data necessary to detect possible discrimination and to act to counter … it is not publicly available - in particular, data on racial, ethnic, and gender disparities within specific companies … measure the racial, ethnic, and gender composition of company workforces. We use predictive tools based on both names and …

collected nationally representative datasets from 60 countries that cover over 80% of the world population, we study gender … world. The nature of the misperception, however, is context-dependent. In less gender-equal countries, people underestimate …Actual and perceived gender norms are key to understanding gender inequality in society. In this paper, using newly …