We conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect …. Second, male dictators appropriate a greater share of the pie than females and more is taken from known gender (male …

Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to inherent gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions … that segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women …

Gender equity in the creation and enforcement of social norms is important not only as a normative principle but it can … whether this form of segregation is due to gender differences in the willingness to volunteer for take on positions of power … segregation in coercive roles is due to conformity with pre-assigned gender roles in both cultures. We find that women in the …

India. We measure teacher’s bias through an index capturing teacher’s subjective beliefs about the role of gender and other … gender gap among medium-performing students. Mediation analysis shows that biased teachers negatively affect girls’ attitude …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … humanities. This gender disparity is not driven by gender specific differences in mathematical ability, as the gap remains large …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …

interest from suitors relative to those in 'feminine' occupations. Our results highlight the strong effect of gender norms and … traditional gender norms. These findings suggest that expectations regarding returns in the marriage market may influence women …

advances in gender equality. Several studies have examined how competitive FDI pressures might lower gender inequality by … transfer reduces gender employment and gender wage gaps in developing countries. To the best of our knowledge, we are the first … with foreign investment to reduce gender inequality in occupations that suffer most from discrimination, while technology …

We conduct a lab experiment to assess whether gender of dictators and recipients, and distributional preferences affect …. Second, male dictators appropriate a greater share of the pie than females and more is taken from known gender (male …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the postsecondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … humanities. This gender disparity is not driven by gender specific differences in mathematical ability, as the gap remains large …