investigates the effect of early maternal age on offspring human capital development in terms of health and cognition, and relies …

conduct multivariate analyses on the interaction of gender, sociocultural background, and economic activity indicators at the …

. Using registry data on the whole population we address gender differences in the propensity to become an entrepreneur. We do … business, which represents a bigger investment decision than mere self-employment. Moreover, we find that gender differences …

Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the postsecondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … humanities. This gender disparity is not driven by gender specific differences in mathematical ability, as the gap remains large …

development. The vast majority of theories reviewed suggest that gender inequality is a barrier to development, particularly over …In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in economic …