sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The program significantly increases enrollment … and test scores among all children, eliminates the 21 percentage point gender disparity in enrollment, and dramatically …

females in rural China. These findings are interpreted using the explanations offered for the gender differential in the …This paper examines the gender differential in the payoff to schooling in China. The analyses are conducted separately … for rural and urban areas, and are based on a framework provided by the over education/required education/under education …

random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed … three children. We do not observe this link among men. Taken together, we find significant gender differences in patience …

household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina Faso. The two-year pilot program randomly distributed …

Using the European Community Household Panel, we investigate gender differences in training participation over the …

differentials between sectors by gender and between men and women by sector are carried out. Results indicate that when controlled … public administration, there is a large gender wage-gap in the private sector in favor of men. Private returns to schooling …

National Insurance Institute. The paper focuses on gender differences in work history patterns and, within each gender …?s labor market attachment is stronger than is generally presumed. Gender differences in employment interruptions are greater …

sample of professionals is decomposed into several subsamples: men and women and within each gender a distinction is made …). Comparisons by gender and ethnicity can then be made. Characteristics (endowments) and wage structures of the four groups are …

was partially offset by changes in the distribution of these characteristics. Between-gender inequality fell with respect … to both samples. In contrast to within-gender inequality, this was largely explained by changes in the returns to the …

and Program Participation (SIPP) to investigate gender and race disparities in home ownership, value, and equity. These … value or home equity. Once households have entered the housing market, differences across gender, race and family type are … associated with differences that are larger than those based solely on gender and are as large as those associated solely with …