This paper explores the importance of the home and school environments in explaining the gender gap in disruptive … behavior. We document large differences in the gender gap across key features of the home environment - boys do especially …-cognitive returns to parental inputs differ markedly by gender. Broken families are associated with worse parental inputs and boys' non …

We estimate the impact of increases in family size on childhood and adult outcomes using matched mother-child data from … omitted factors we find that families face a substantial quantity-quality trade-off: increases in family size decrease … children of mothers with low AFQT scores …

family and fertility practices, and attitudes in the job market). It is, however, the pervasive evidence of the resilience of …

How important are social norms, information gaps and family constraints in explaining the low rates of female labor … working in Education and the Public sectors - sectors that are more socially acceptable for women, suggesting that parental … expectations their daughters’ labor market aspirations but partly shape them …

determine social norms about gender roles, family structures and intrafamily violence which persist even when the initial …Using a new dataset, we investigate the determinants of violence against women in Africa. We focus on cultural factors … conditions change. Norms about marriage patterns, living arrangements and the productive role of women are associated with …

We study how reported sexism in the population affects American women. Fixed-effects and TSLS estimates show that …-based discrimination by men, and non-labor market outcomes through the influence of current norms of other women.Institutional subscribers …

several specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women's employment. I present examples of policies aimed …This article discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor market in developing … countries. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment …

against women and girls is severe. We use survey data on gender attitudes (specifically, views about the appropriate roles and … mothers influence children's gender attitudes more than fathers do. Parental attitudes also affect their children …This paper examines the intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes in India, a setting where discrimination …