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

. Evidence supports that this is a causal effect of the post-natal environment; family disadvantage is unrelated to the gender … gap in neonatal health. We conclude that the gender gap among black children is larger than among white children in …

” majors such as Engineering and women higher probability of choosing “female dominated” majors such as Humanities. Same-gender …In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less …

” majors such as Engineering and women higher probability of choosing “female dominated” majors such as Humanities. Same-gender …In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major …. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less …

not find significant effects of the high school class gender composition on women. Our results are consistent with the … size responds to class gender composition more for men than for women …, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic …

that a larger share of Protestants decreased the gender gap in basic education. This result holds when using only the …. Similar results are found for the gender gap in literacy among the adult population in 1871. …