STEM decreases as gender equality in society increases. Analyzing administrative longitudinal data on students in Hebrew …- and Arabic-language schools in Israel, all operating within the same centralized education system, we find that the gender … achievement-gap favoring girls in Arabic schools, the ethnic group characterized by less gender equality, is greater than the …

they take their daughters, and (3) the fact that parents of boy students spend more on their children’s education can be … largely explained by the extra costs of schooling for migrant households. Finally, we show that the parents of rural children … probabilities relative to that of their boy counterparts that school age girls will migrate with their parents—a difference that is …

students in India. We measure teacher's bias through an index capturing teacher's subjective beliefs about the role of gender … the medium-performing students, having a female teacher significantly reduces the gender gap in math performance. As a …

flexibility and women's relative preferences for family-friendly jobs in shaping gender-based sorting across occupations. … are still underrepresented in several occupations. In this article, the effect of gender norms on whether women enter male …-dominated occupations is analysed using differences in gender equality among early-arrival migrants. The variations in gender norms …

cohorts that are followed. The historical data contradict key predictions of the Family Investment Hypothesis, shed light on …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining … educational activities and less time on physical and media related activities. These gender gaps in time allocation appear at very …

between parents and children: the former give their children better consumption opportunities in return for their presence at … bargaining approach, the decision to delay graduation or dropout from university is related to bargaining within the family …