panel data from three rather different educational institutions, and use them to examine the relationship between the gender … composition of the students in an academic department and the gender composition of its faculty at the time the students were …

In this study, we examined the association between girls' participation in high school sports and the physical activity …, weight, body mass and body composition of adolescent females during the 1970s when girls' sports participation was … dramatically increasing as a result of Title IX. We found that increases in girls' participation in high school sports, a proxy for …

This study examines racial, ethnic and gender differentials in physical activity. Individuals engage in physical … gender differentials in health. About 25-46% of the differentials in non-work physical activity can be attributed to …

explains a small but significant portion of the rising gender gaps in high school graduation and college completion. Increases …

Many wonder whether teacher gender plays an important role in higher education by influencing student achievement and …-year undergraduate classes isolates gender interaction effects due to students reacting to instructors rather than instructors reacting … to students. In addition, by focusing on college, we examine the extent to which gender interactions may exist at later …

Many studies have shown that women are under-represented in tenured ranks in the sciences. We evaluate whether gender … in science, but the gender gap is entirely explained by fertility decisions. We find that in science overall, there is no … gender difference in promotion to tenure or full professor after controlling for demographic, family, employer and …

The relationship between occupational gender composition and wages is the basis of pay equity/comparable worth … occupational gender segregation in Canada and its consequences for wages. The sample period precedes many provincial pay equity … heterogeneity across worker groups on average, the link between female wages and gender composition is small and not statistically …