gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females … controlling for individual characteristics does not offset the gender gap, but our results indicate that the gap is eroded by high …

they behave the same as the males. Thus part of the observed gender difference in behavior under uncertainty found in … previous studies might reflect social learning rather than inherent gender traits. …

We study the persistence of the gender unemployment gap in the Italian regions in the 1992-2009 period. Results from … unit-root tests analysis with structural break suggest that the process of gender catching-up in the unemployment rates is …

We examine behavioral gender differences and gender pairing effects in a laboratory experiment with face … than female employers pay to male employees. Moreover, we find gender differences in the first offers of the bargaining …

the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …

-level exposure to mixed-gender (versus same-sex) peers. We find robust evidence that pupils in single-sex schools outperform their …-level covariates. Focusing on switching schools, we find that the conversion of the pupil gender type from single-sex to coed leads to … boys, the negative effect is largely driven by exposure to mixed-gender peers at school-level, it is class-level exposure …

Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

on gender differences in labor market outcomes: mutual dislikability impedes team behavior, except in all-male teams …