the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …

endowments and learning productivity, although the largest part remains unexplained. Countries' general level of gender (in …

of cultural gender norms on the gender gap in math, and explore whether this effect is mitigated by municipality gender … effect of cultural gender norms from formal institutions, I estimate the effect of mothers' source-country gender norms on … the gender gap in math for second-generation immigrants. By contrasting the outcomes of opposite-sex siblings, I show that …

We study the impact of early socialization on gender inequality in the labor market. To this end, we link the gender … age earn more later on, leading to a reduction in the gender wage gap. We explore mechanisms and find that women exposed … to a more female-dominated environment select into less gender-stereotypical occupations with higher wage potential. The …

The strong relationship between various health indicators and education is widely documented. However, the studies that … developed countries. We add to this literature by studying the causal effect of education on days hospitalized and days out of … suggest that an increase in years of education causes to reduce the number of days hospitalized for both men and women …

Girls typically have higher grades than boys in school and recent research suggests that part of this gender difference …

Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … level data for Turkey. The main findings indicate that female education positively and significantly affects the steady …

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 …

This paper documents and studies the gender gap in performance among associate lawyers in the United States. Unlike … clear evidence of a gender gap in annual performance with respect to both measures. Male lawyers bill ten percent more hours … gender gaps in lawyers' earnings and subsequent promotion. Whereas individual and firm characteristics explain up to 50 …