In this paper, we first document trends in the gender composition of academic economists over the past 25 years, the … publishing, promotion, and tenure. While underlying gender differences can directly affect the relative productivity of men and … women, due to either differential constraints or preferences, productivity gaps do not fully explain the gender disparity in …

We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has …

This paper considers three aspects in which the issue of gender inequalities arises and is treated within the field of … economics. First, I consider the premises on which gender inequality and discrimination have been conceptualized in traditional … economic frameworks. Second, I consider how contemporary policy discourse—the “business case” for gender equality—might be …

Research investigating the relationship between firm performance and gender diversity has so far reported conflicting … evidence: Some studies find firm performance to benefit from gender diversity, others find negative results or no effect at all …. Taking this inconclusive evidence as a sign for moderators influencing the effect of gender diversity on firm performance, we …

This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap … derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable … estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces …

This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap … derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable … estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces …

This paper employs an online real-effort experiment to investigate gender disparities in the selection of individuals … of AI assistance. Surprisingly, the introduction of AI eliminates an 11-percentage-point gender gap, between men and … women in our competitive scenario. We also discuss how the gender gap in tournament entry appears to be contingent on …