Reducing the gender gap in education is a primary goal for many countries. Some major challenges for many girls include … absenteeism by 27%. We find continued improvement in girls' attendance and reduction in dropouts two, three, and four years after … the intervention. We also find evidence of improved math test scores, girls expressing higher feelings of control over …

Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis." An analysis of the latest data … on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores … disadvantaged schoolchildren, I then examine whether time investments made by boys and girls related to computer use contribute to …

This paper examines evidence on the role of assimilation versus source country culture in influencing immigrant women …. Considerable evidence is found that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …

against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence … behaviours such as drinking, gambling, and drug abuse. We also find that women whose mothers or whose husbands' mothers …

margin does not increase the likelihood that men form families. In contrast, women admitted to further education are more … observed in the data is driven by selection. For women, our estimates are consistent with the idea that, as increased returns … make women more attractive as potential partners. …

underrepresentation of women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Italy by stimulating young … young age tend to steer girls and young women to the humanities. This bias is deeply entrenched and difficult to modify. …This paper evaluates the impact of "Coding Girls", an educational enrichment program designed to address the …

-school enrolment, (b) public expenditure on education relative to national income and (c) expected years of schooling for girls. We …

children. Furthermore, education increases the age of first marriage and birth, changes women's and their spouse's labour … market status, and significantly affects women's attitude towards spousal violence against women and gender discrimination in … a manner that empowers women. …

women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap … has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed. Marriage and remarriage rates have risen for women with a college … degree relative to women with fewer years of education. However, the patterns of, and reasons for, marriage have changed …

Title IX to instrument for the change in girls' athletic participation. Analysis of differences in outcomes across states in … Title IX to instrument for the change in girls' athletic participation. Analysis of differences in outcomes across states in …