We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century … of transmission was the larger provision of education for girls in commercial centers …

This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its … contemporaneous gender gaps in education, from the 1950s to the present day, accounting for several alternative measures of attainment …, psychological elements, and societal cultural norms. A discussion follows of the implications of the education gender gap for …

This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its … contemporaneous gender gaps in education, from the 1950s to the present day, accounting for several alternative measures of attainment …, psychological elements, and societal cultural norms. A discussion follows of the implications of the education gender gap for …