on i) a theoretical economic growth model with poverty traps, ii) a literature review of evidence that different human …

Women's voices are likely to be even more absent from economic debates than headline figures on female under …-representation suggest. Focusing on a panel of leading economists we find that men are more willing than women to express an opinion and are … more certain and more confident in their opinions, including in areas where both are experts. Women make up 21 per cent of …

This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … the level of development, women's education, the expansion of the service sector, and discrimination. More recent … literature has argued that gender differences in a variety of outcomes could reflect underlying cultural values and beliefs. This …

stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender … names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite …

differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six … to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity as well as trust. Gender differences in preferences … were positively related to economic development and gender equality. This suggests that greater availability of and equal …

Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender … classes ; gender …

inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … institutional biases against women from other constraints and hurdles that female businesses might face by exploiting detailed trade …

and poverty. We find that wealth inequality reduces economic growth, but when we control for the fact that some …, while politically unconnected wealth inequality, income inequality, and initial poverty have no significant effect. …