This paper studies the causal effect of gender bias on access to bank credit. We extract an exogenous measure of gender … data on 6,000 small business firms from 17 countries and find that in countries with higher gender bias, female-owned firms … countries in our sample. Overall, the evidence suggests that in high-gender bias countries, female entrepreneurs are more likely …

Between 2000 and 2007, the gender gap in earnings in the US real estate sector increased, especially in local markets … where house prices appreciated relatively more. Firm frictions and the presence of small children in the household do not … explain the widening of the gender gap, while sorting on entry and gender identity in relative income do. First, the industry …

United States to study the narrowing of the gender gap in local labor markets. We .nd that deregulation reduced the gender …

We examine gender differences in career progression and promotions in central banking, a stereotypical male … 2010 when the ECB issued a public statement supporting diversity and took several measures to support gender balance …. Following this change, the promotion gap disappears. The gender promotion gap prior to this policy change is partly driven by …