We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … the frequency of extramarital partnerships. We document relevant gender differences in behavior: in clusters affected by a … larger demographic shock men (but not women) display a more intense sexual activity, while women (but not men) are more …

driven by Black women. Rather than comorbidity or aging, the Black female bias is associated with poverty and channeled by … underrepresentation of women. Using individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …

This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its … evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first focuses on gender differentials in the historical period that … contemporaneous gender gaps in education, from the 1950s to the present day, accounting for several alternative measures of attainment …

We offer a rationale for the decision to extend the franchise to women within a politico-economic model where men are … richer than women, women display a higher preference for public goods, and women's disenfranchisement carries a societal cost …. We first derive the tax rate chosen by the male median voter when women are disenfranchised. Next we show that, as …

time. -- family economics ; intra-household decision power ; gender differences …

We investigate the gender gap in Economics among bachelor's and master's graduates in Italy between 2010 and 2019 …, only 73 women graduate in Economics for every 100 men, with the mathematical content of high school curricula as the key … the math background in driving the Economics gender gap relative to other fields. Fourth, a triple difference analysis of …