We examine the differential effects of automation on the labor market and educational outcomes of women relative to men … over the past four decades. Although women were disproportionately employed in occupations with a high risk of automation … industry structure. For a given change in the exposure to automation across commuting zones, women were more likely than men to …

women. We compare the marriage, childbearing, school enrollment and employment decisions of women who gain greater access to … garment sector jobs to women living further away from factories, to years before the factories arrive close to some villages …

It is widely believed that female students benefit from being taught by female teachers, particularly when those … there were few professional female exemplars other than teachers--and find that female students were more successful when … their primary-school teachers were disproportionately female. Impacts are lifelong: female students taught by female …

garment workers in India. The program increased women's extraversion and communication, and spurred technical skill upgrading …

for women facing more restrictive social norms? We offered two days of business counseling to a random sample of customers … of India's largest women's bank. A random subsample was invited to attend with a friend. The intervention had a … were stronger among women from religious or caste groups with social norms that restrict female mobility …

enrollment qualifications, and graduate earnings. We find for both that disadvantaged students match to lower quality degrees … there are negligible gender gaps in academic match, high-attaining women systematically undermatch in terms of expected …

propose a game-theoretic model that matches these facts. The key feature of the model is that colleges want to admit students … who are enthusiastic about attending, and early admissions programs give students an opportunity to signal this enthusiasm …

indicate strong selectivity of test-takers in "ACT states," where most college-bound students take the ACT, and much less …

students from 1999 to 2006, we document and exploit variation by district over time in the math course-taking environment … encountered by students. Within an instrumental variables setup, we examine effects of the policy change on students grouped into … deciles defined by their 8th grade math test scores. First, we find that students took more math courses in high school …

Colleges rely on the ACT exam in their admission decisions to increase their ability to differentiate between students …