Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender …

more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older … and highly educated undocumented immigrant women relative to men; 2) A change in the skill composition of immigrant women …

This paper is motivated to investigate the often neglected payoff to investments in the health of girls and women in …

extract from marriage. When the returns to education and household roles are gender neutral, men and women educate in equal … investments that are efficient. Given that the gender wage gap narrows with the level of education, women's labor-market return … proportions and there is pure positive assortative matching in the marriage market. But if men and women have different market …

jointly, however, mainly due to the lack of relevant data. This paper addresses this shortcoming by looking at the gender … identify people by country of residence, place of birth, gender and level of education. The evidence summarized in this paper … are now more or less gender-balanced. A more surprising result is that this is also true for the highly skilled. Taking …

associated with fewer non-marital sexual relationships for women. The data show a robust association between bride price payment … and lower rates of non-marital sexual relationships for women but not for men. …

The predominant part of the literature states that women are more likely to donate to charitable causes but men are … paper examines gender differences in giving focusing on the distribution of amounts donated and the probability of giving … using UK micro-data on individual giving to charitable causes. Results indicate that most women are more generous than men …

The existence of gender gaps in test scores has been documented in the relevant literature for a wide range of … across regions within the same country are crucial determinants in understanding gender differences in PISA 2009 test scores …: girls perform relatively better in both maths and reading in societies where gender equality is enhanced, and the effect …

. Although the percentage of Ph.D. degrees awarded to women and the representation of women on faculties have increased over time …, economics still lags many other fields. Previous research has documented gender gaps in tenure, promotion and publication, some … of which have narrowed over time. This study examines another aspect of women's representation within the economics …

psychology literature with respect to the academic impact of gender dynamics in the classroom. Specifically, using data from a …