continue to find a robust audience in societies with similar gender stereotypes in their folklore and where women today … on the depiction of risk and gender roles. Films that promote risk-taking sell more in entrepreneurial societies today …, rooted in traditions where characters pursue dangerous tasks successfully. Films portraying women in stereotypical roles …

prioritization of leader competence over gender, boosting the share of women among candidates and state parliamentarians and the … other traits, such as gender? We answer this question by examining the impact of a successful school-expansion program on … the likelihood of women being elected to state legislatures in India. We show that the program increased voter …

ethnic-specific gender norms on gender-biased mortality during resource shocks. Studying the 1891-1892 Russian famine, we … compare cohorts born before and after the famine in districts differentially affected by the famine and with diverse gender … norms. Our findings reveal that areas where women were depicted more negatively suffered a more skewed sex ratio favouring …

-college occupations, and (2) women have less brawn than men. Skill requirements provide the micro foundation for gender …In the last decades, the US has seen narrowing gender employment, wage, and education gaps. The labor market has also … reversal of the gender education gap and three-quarters of the closing wage gap. …