age, gender, and ethnicity and that these characteristics also predict a lower probability of mental health treatment …

significantly so). Further, gender inequity in source countries is associated with son preference in fertility among immigrants. For … immigrants from source countries with less gender equity. Finally, we find no evidence of sex selection for the general …

The gender unemployment gap, the difference between female and male unemployment rates, was positive until the early … for most of the closing of the gender unemployment gap. Evidence from nineteen OECD countries is consistent with this … finding. We show that gender differences in industry composition are the main source of the cyclicality of the unemployment …

of the data both qualitatively and quantitatively. We use the model to shed light on gender differences in labor market … outcomes that arise because of gender asymmetries in home production responsibilities. Our model generates large gender gaps in … ten hours per week increases the observed gender wage gap by roughly eleven percentage points and decreases the share of …

various historical determinants of contemporary differences in gender roles and gender gaps across societies, and how these … violence, and other forms of difference in gender norms. Most of the research illustrates that differences in cultural norms … regarding gender roles emerge in response to specific historical situations, but tend to persist even after the historical …

ethnicity and gender increases the probability of forming teams by 25%. Homophily in education and past working experience …

With an overall lack of gender and ethnic diversity in the innovation sector documented in Gompers and Wang (2017), we … answer this question using a unique dataset of the gender of venture capital partners' children. First, we find strong …. Second, using an instrumental variable set-up, we also show that improved gender diversity, induced by parenting more …

This paper summarizes research on gender differences in economic settings. I discuss gender differences in attitudes … toward competition, altruism and the closely related issue of cooperation, and risk preferences. While gender differences in …. Surprisingly, the results are also quite mixed when concerning gender differences in risk attitudes. I discuss the external …