Immigrants. Following the "epidemiological approach", we relate the probability of being employed in Italy for immigrant women … gender role model. Controlling for a number of individual and household characteristics, we show that participation in the …

Immigrants. Following the “epidemiological approach”, we relate the probability of being employed in Italy for immigrant women … gender role model. Controlling for a number of individual and household characteristics, we show that participation in the …

Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health, we explore the causal effect of gender … mothers who believe that independent thinking and working hard matter for either gender reduces the gender gap in risky …

This paper is the first to provide evidence that cultural attitudes towards gender equality affect behaviors with … that descending from more gender-equal societies makes girls relatively more prone to smoke than boys. Using data from over … that the higher the degree of gender equality in the country of ancestry, the higher the likelihood that immigrant girls …

We use elementary game-theoretical concepts to compare domestic equilibria with and without marriage. In particular, we … examine the effects of marriage legislation, matrimonial property regime, and divorce court sentencing practice, on the … decision to marry, and on the choice of game conditional on marriage. We find that, in the absence of social stigma or legal …

We estimate the dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes in the UK. There is only one other … associations between weight and labor market outcomes for immigrant women. Data limitations preclude efforts to address endogeneity … dual effects of immigration and obesity on labor market outcomes. …

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 …

underlying link between trust and the slave trade is confirmed. Alternative factors—conflict, kinship, and witchcraft beliefs …