panel data from three rather different educational institutions, and use them to examine the relationship between the gender … composition of the students in an academic department and the gender composition of its faculty at the time the students were …

This study examines racial, ethnic and gender differentials in physical activity. Individuals engage in physical … gender differentials in health. About 25-46% of the differentials in non-work physical activity can be attributed to …

In this study, we examined the association between girls%u2019 participation in high school sports and the physical … activity, weight, body mass and body composition of adolescent females during the 1970s when girls%u2019 sports participation … sports, a proxy for expanded athletic opportunities for adolescent females, were associated with an increase in physical …

Many wonder whether teacher gender plays an important role in higher education by influencing student achievement and …-year undergraduate classes isolates gender interaction effects due to students reacting to instructors rather than instructors reacting … to students. In addition, by focusing on college, we examine the extent to which gender interactions may exist at later …

Many studies have shown that women are under-represented in tenured ranks in the sciences. We evaluate whether gender … in science, but the gender gap is entirely explained by fertility decisions. We find that in science overall, there is no … gender difference in promotion to tenure or full professor after controlling for demographic, family, employer and …

explains a small but significant portion of the rising gender gaps in high school graduation and college completion. Increases …

observe gender imbalances in labor markets: men are more competitively inclined than women. Whether, and to what extent, such … attenuate the gender differences, including whether the job is performed in teams, whether the job task is female-oriented, and …

analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …

This paper studies the effect of trade liberalization on an under-explored aspect of wage inequality - gender … gender. A reduction in tariffs induces more productive firms to modernize their technology and enter the export market. New …