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 …

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 …

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 … occupational choices. Using data from the American Community Survey, it is found that greater gender equality in the country of …

We investigate the drivers of gender differentials in hiring chances. More concretely, we test (i) whether recruiters … perceive job applicants in gender stereotypical terms when making hiring decisions and (ii) whether the activation of these … gender stereotypes in recruiters' minds varies by the salience of gender in a particular hiring context and the gender …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … educational activities and less time on physical and media related activities. These gender gaps in time allocation appear at very … young ages and widen overtime. We provide novel evidence that gender differentials in time investment are quantitatively …