century. Since kinship rules varied by caste, language, religion and region, we construct sex-ratios by these categories at …This paper explores the relationship between kinship institutions and sex ratios in India at the turn of the twentieth … the district-level using data from the 1901 Census of India for Punjab (North), Bengal (East) and Madras (South). We find …

In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts. In India, we ran an exam … assigned child "characteristics" (age, gender, and caste) to the cover sheets of the exams to ensure that there is no … discrimination. Interestingly, we find that the discrimination against low caste students is driven by low caste teachers, while …

Where social norms favor gender segregation, firms may find it costly to employ both men and women. If the costs of …

models to deal with measurement error in wealth reports. Our various results show that men and women in the U.S. marry …

We study the role of marriage for women's intergenerational mobility during the Ming-Qing (1368-1911) period. Using …

Previous research has shown that norms around the role of women in society could help explain the gender gap in … combined with birth certificates we uncover important heterogeneity in the transmission of gender biases within the family. We … find that gender role norms can explain the lower performance of girls in mathematics only in relatively affluent White …

Discrimination against women has been alleged in hiring practices for many occupations, but it is extremely difficult … players in 1970 but are 25% today. We ask whether women were more likely to be advanced and/or hired with the use of blind …

This paper reports on a small-scale audit study that investigates sex discrimination in restaurant hiring. Comparably … matched pairs of men and women applied for jobs as waiters and waitresses at 65 restaurants in Philadelphia. The 130 … applications led to 54 interviews and 39 job offers. The results provide statistically significant evidence of sex discrimination …

Economic theories of discrimination are usually based on tastes. The huge body of empirical studies, however, considers … examines tastes for discrimination directly, or considers people's willingness to trade off other characteristics to indulge …

on several economically-important beliefs and preferences. Among many results, non-binary individuals report more gender …-based discrimination and express different career and life aspirations, including less desire for children. Anti-non-binary sentiment is … women, and their social preferences are similar to men's and less prosocial than women's, with age an important moderator …