. Specifically, we ask if a student benefits by learning from a teacher of her same gender. Unlike the existing literature which … explains such interaction through role model effect or Pygmalion effect, we explain such interaction in terms of gender based … returns to education accrued to their parents; for girl students, a lower fraction of the return comes to their parental …

Gender disparities in STEM fields participation are a major cause of concern for policymakers around the world. In … addition to talent misallocation, low female enrollment rates in STEM careers contribute to gender-based inequalities in …

expectations and norms. Parental gender stereotypes are shown to strongly decrease student wellbeing in China. Students are … education does not matter. …

poor youths in India, focusing on two dimensions of individuals' identity: caste and gender. Our empirical findings suggest … skills. Individual-level and household-level factors mediate some of the aspiration gaps based on caste and gender. We find … evidence that for SC/ST female participants, the disadvantages on both caste and gender dimensions add up; this is reflected in …

extends to various aspects of self-reported job satisfaction, by gender and personality traits as per the Big-Five framework …

, using data from the Adult Education Survey of 2007. By adopting a bivariate equation framework, we jointly model the effect …