How do electoral rules affect the representation of women? We collect panel data on the universe of Italian politicians … electoral rules favour the election of women. We propose a new channel through which this result is obtained, related to the … different nature of political competition in the two electoral systems: under proportional rules, parties place women less …

Allowing for a free choice of the recipient's gender in a dictator game (N = 508), we find that women show a … recipient and overall transfers increase. Yet, conditioning on transfers to fellow students the gender bias of women remains …. Moreover, we find that women tend more towards giving half the endowment while men tend more towards “all or nothing.” The …

Gender stereotypes are well established also among women. Yet, a recent literature suggests that learning from other … women experience about the effects of maternal employment on children outcomes may increase female labor force participation …. To further explore this channel, we design a randomized survey experiment, in which 1500 Italian women aged 20 to 40 are …

The role of women in Western societies changed dramatically in the 20th century. We study how political empowerment … affected women’s emancipation as reflected in their life choices like marital decisions and labor market participation. The … staggered introduction of female suffrage in Swiss states allows us to exploit the variation in the age women experienced …

Differences between the voting behavior of men and women have become one of the most significant issues in social … men and women in Turkey. There are significant differences between the genders, nevertheless. In particular, the effect of …

the separate effects of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and improved contraception on female education …

be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad …