, preserving her virtue increases a woman's chances of marrying a high-status husband, and therefore allows for upward social … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender … differences, social status and stratification, and overall economic development. …

young people and from altering the typical market mechanism of intergenerational transfer of human capital and social status …

We study the impact of status and social recognition on worker performance in a field experiment. In collaboration with … evidence for the motivating power of status and social recognition in labor relations with major implications for theory and …

stop (give way) for others, we find evidence of (i) gender discrimination by both men and women, with women discriminating … relatively more against the same sex than men, and men discriminating in favour of the opposite sex more than women; (ii) status … treatment from others of low status, however this result improves when the decision maker is also of high status; (iii) strong …

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 …

Using data from the 1970 British Cohort Study, we investigate the role of maternal gender role attitudes in explaining …'s later educational outcomes and labour supply. We find that mothers' and children's gender role attitudes, measured some 25 … their mothers held non-traditional (pro-gender-equality) beliefs, even if they were not working themselves. Consistent with …

leader model of leadership. We differentiate between four kinds of leaders according to their level of inherent knowledge and …