have changed for Swedish men and women born 1945-1962 by documenting changes in education, assortative mating patterns …-professionals, and there appears to be a convergence in the life-choices of women across education groups. Despite these different …

In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the … endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …

health shock. Using data from the Swedish Childhood Diabetes Register and national registers on education, employment, and …

This paper investigates if the effect of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on school performance has changed over time … changes, data indicate a persistent negative effect of T1DM on compulsory and upper secondary school grades and the results … appears similar to earlier findings on cohorts completing school under the previous grading system. Moreover, the results are …

education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan …Women who want to work often face many more hurdles than men. This is true in Tajikistan where there is a large gender … gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors - international migration and education - on the …

of a large school reform in Finland that increased women's relative level of education. I analyze the reduced …In recent years, the traditional gender gap in educational attainment in favor of men has been reversed in many … education on family formation through changes in the marriage market. My empirical strategy exploits the gradual implementation …

We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …

, therefore, use a unique example to examine this question empirically: the analysis of gender wage differentials. Here, the …

An important line of recent literature has found gender differences in attitudes toward competition, with men being …. This paper examines the effect of information on the gender gap in tournament entry. We present experimental evidence that … gender gap in tournament entry. …

of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as work done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the … also need to go beyond standard models to interpret the intrahousehold gender inequities. We do not gain much insight from … concerted move toward sensitization of gender issues and scrutiny entailing a gender audit at every level of activity. This may …