their female offspring and helps to reduce the gender gap in education, as consistent with the evidence. …

widely reported gender happiness inequality puzzle can be explained. …

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 …

Latin American countries. We consider four aspects of gender inequalities: differences in labour market participation …This Working Paper investigates the possible link between gender inequalities in the labour market and significant … of gender equality, especially an increase in women?s access to the labour market, in bringing about a reduction in …

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 …