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

This paper estimates gender differences in access to informal information regarding the labor market. We conduct a …/life balance relative to male students. This gender difference persists when students disclose that they are concerned about work … students' preferences for professionals and find that gender differences in information provision would remain if students …

This paper investigates beliefs concerning the gender gap in salary negotiations (GGSN) in a sample of 4,300 women, 1 …

We analyze gender discrimination in entrepreneurship finance. Access to finance is crucial for entrepreneurial success … entrepreneurial teams. In a lab-in-the-field experiment with Ugandan loan officers, we document gender discrimination of individual … female entrepreneurs, but no gender bias in the evaluation of entrepreneurial teams. Our results suggest that the observed …

Gender gaps in labor-market outcomes often emerge with arrival of the first child. We investigate a causal link between … gender norms and labor-supply expectations within a survey experiment among 2,000 German adolescents. Using a hypothetical …, significantly reduce girls' self-expected labor supply and thereby increase the expected gender difference in labor supply between …

We analyze how the gender composition of teams affects team interactions. In an online experiment, we randomly assign … individuals to gender-homogenous or gender-mixed teams. Teams meet in an audio chat room and jointly work on a gender-neutral team … more than all-female teams and outperform teams of both alternative gender compositions. In mixed teams, males strongly …

elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a … increases girls' interest in STEM and decreases the gender gap via an increase in STEM confidence. Our findings suggest that an … easy-to-implement digital intervention has the potential to foster gender equality for young children and can potentially …

This study investigates men's attitudes toward women's education in Afghanistan, focusing on primary, secondary, and … toward women's education are predominantly negative, notably in rural areas. However, women's contributions to household … income significantly mitigate these negative attitudes, particularly toward secondary education, followed by tertiary …