This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of … intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections … face lower mobility irrespective of location when born to fathers with low schooling, but the gender gap closes when the …

This study seeks to examine gender gaps and disability issues in education in Indonesia, and to suggest policy actions … progress on gender parity in education; however, the national averages mask important variations at the subnational level … drivers of gender differences, as well as issues of social inclusion, and to explore policy approaches to improve learning …

-2005. The analysis finds a narrowing of the gender gap in under-5 mortality rates, in line with surviving girls being more … mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and …

reform to promote gender equity and advocacy efforts, offer more promise by bringing about permanent shifts in the relative …

This paper proposes a new decomposition method to understand how gender pay gaps arise within firms. The method …

paper measures how life expectancy at birth affects lifetime education and earnings. On average, individuals add one year of …

developing world, namely the likelihood of continued childbearing given the gender composition of existing children in the family … preference is larger for women with more education and is increasing over time. The explanation for these patterns appears to be …