happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … business sector and that this can partly explain the gender pay gap for STEM graduates. Overall, our results suggest that …

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 uses unique firm-level panel data from Japan and provides new evidence on the possible impact on gender … (WLB) practices that are developed in part to enhance gender equality as well as performance-related pay (PRP) that is one … period part-time work is found to result in a decrease in the proportion of female directors (or exacerbating gender …

We analyze the impact of an increase in compulsory schooling policy on the gender gap in intergenerational educational … persistence using the Turkish Adult Education Survey (2012). Prior to the reform there is a gender gap in the association of … points, respectively. The gender gap in intergenerational education transmission has decreased by 8 percentage points in the …

The so-called "gender-equality paradox" is the fact that gender segregation across occupations is more pronounced in … or intrinsic gender differences in preferences that materialize more easily in countries where economic constraints are …-country differences in essentialist gender norms regarding math aptitudes and appropriate occupational choices. To this aim, we propose a …

Papal States gender inequality was particularly severe, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany experienced a relatively stronger female … is lower female labour market participation and employment when compared to their counterparts in Tuscany, while we do …

employment trajectories of female faculty. The Athena SWAN Charter is a gender equality initiative that formally recognises good … (STEMM) through an accreditation process. We find that the gender wage gap closes after Athena SWAN accreditation. However …

In this paper, we first document trends in the gender composition of academic economists over the past 25 years, the … publishing, promotion, and tenure. While underlying gender differences can directly affect the relative productivity of men and … women, due to either differential constraints or preferences, productivity gaps do not fully explain the gender disparity in …

We posit that historical resource scarcities played a role in the emergence of gender norms inimical to women that … historical availability of arable land, are statistically significantly negatively related to their present levels of gender … inequality, as gauged by the United Nations Development Programme's Gender Inequality Index. …