Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women's re- luctance to choose technical occupations …. Possible explanations are the lack of self-confidence of girls in male-dominated subjects, the domi- nating behavior of boys in … the classroom and unequal treatment by teachers. In this paper, we identify the causal impact of gender composition in …

levels of illegal trafficking of girls and abnormal child sex ratios in favor of boys. In this paper we examine if a skewed … sex ratio and shortage of girls is associated with their illegal trafficking in India. Using panel data of 29 Indian … trafficking of girls. We find the association to be heterogeneous by female empowerment, crime against women and party rule in the …

, this pa- per aims to analyze the gender gap in educational outcomes from different methods of evaluation and the gender gap … in college applications. The results contribute to the discussion of the gender gap in performance in education … suggesting that evaluation systems might have gender biased impacts on students and the under- representation of females in top …

selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls … use of such practices is reflective of the striking inequities girls face today, and it also has negative implications for … that have girls. This paper takes stock of the direct measures used across countries grappling with skewed child sex ratios …

aimed to challenge traditional social hierarchies, including the age and gender hierarchies of the kinship system. Thirdly …

Worldwide, 1.6 million girls are "missing" at birth every year. One policy tool to improve the sex ratio is a …