Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to inherent gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions … that segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We …

analyzes gender-specific impacts as well as anticipation and adaptation to major life and labor market events. We focus on six … habituation. Yet, the results show striking gender-specific differences particularly regarding the impact of events related to … intra-household bargaining and the gender identity hypothesis. The studied labor market events point to a gender segregated …

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 …

, and persistent gender norms and values. We find that differences in levels are heavily affected by long …

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 …