the degree of gender convergence in financial knowledge in the country of ancestry, the higher the financial knowledge of … women in the US relative to their male counterparts. After ruling out gender differences in cognitive and non … with greater financial knowledge for men but not for women in the US. Once we remove any country-of-ancestry gender …

This paper is the first to provide evidence that cultural attitudes towards gender equality affect behaviors with … that descending from more gender-equal societies makes girls relatively more prone to smoke than boys. Using data from over … that the higher the degree of gender equality in the country of ancestry, the higher the likelihood that immigrant girls …

This paper explores the role of cultural attitudes towards women in determining math educational gender gaps using the … epidemiological approach. To identify whether culture matters, we estimate whether the math gender gap for each immigrant group living … gender equality in the parents' country of ancestry. We find that the higher the degree of gender equality in the country of …

Using individual-level data from the European Social Survey, we study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for … the motherhood employment gap across 186 European NUTS2 regions (over 29 countries) for the 2002-2016 period. The gender … potential endogeneity of our gender norms measure with an index of the degree of reproductive health liberalization when …

variation in the share of individuals with non-traditional gender norms across birth-cohorts, survey year, education, and ….4% standard deviation. Our measure of non-traditional gender norms is the share of women who disagree with the statement "men …

activities, complete high-school and enroll in post-secondary education on youths' engagement in risky behaviors, such as …

-risk youth ; resilience ; deviancy training ; deterrence ; primary- and high-school ; post-secondary education ; remedial …

We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data … and other source-country variables, higher gender equality in the country of ancestry is significantly associated with a … lower risk of victimization in the host country. This suggests that gender norms may play an important role in explaining …