reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the … women's participation in the economy. This paper goes beyond previous Fund work by categorizing the key sources of laws that …

overconfidence combined with competitive workplace incentives affects gender equality in the labor market. Our main result is that …

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications …, combined with competitive job incentives, affects gender equality in the labor market and discuss policy implications. The …

lottery-induced experience asking a question, or with years of service. However, the gender gap almost fully closes after a … gender gaps in adversarial settings. …

Goals, drawing on learning from the Social Institutions and Gender Index and in-country research by the OECD Policy Dialogue … tasks more equally between men and women by transforming gender stereotypes. …

students. While ability alone increases confidence and decreases overconfidence, the interaction effect of feminine gender and … ones, while the positive effect of ability on confidence is smaller for females. That being said, the negative gender gap … quartiles. Also, the positive gender gap in confidence for girls is smaller for well-performing students than underperforming …