paper constructs a measure of the proportion of each country's population whose native language is a gender language. At the … unobserved aspect of culture that affects men and women equally. Following the procedures proposed by Altonji, Elder, and Taber … permutation test based on the structure of the language tree and the distribution of languages across countries, this paper …

comparability, the paper uses the same measure of receptive language ability for all five countries. It finds important differences …

All over the world, people are prevented from participating fully in society through mechanisms that go beyond the … function like lenses through which individuals see themselves and the world. Abolishing or reforming a discriminatory …

understanding of how culture, politics, and development interact. Today?s leading theorists of culture and development represent a …

relevant for emerging markets as they integrate financially with the rest of the world. This paper argues that, because of the …

(the VIX, the U.S. real interest rate and real exchange rate, U.S. GDP growth, and world commodity prices) that explain …

This paper analyzes the impact of Covid-19 and uncooperative trade policies on world food markets. It quantifies the … percent on average. Escalating export restrictions would multiply the initial shock by a factor of 3, with world food prices …