We develop a model of intergenerational educational mobility incorporating gender bias against girls in the family … uneducated fathers face lower relative and absolute mobility (rural and urban). We find gender equality in absolute mobility for …

: (1) to analyse whether the gender of elected politicians is relevant to the educational achievements of residents of the … same gender; (3) to explore the possible channels through which these relationships operate. By applying instrumental … gender: women’s political agency affects the education of a significantly larger number of girls than boys. Finally, none of …

How can infrastructure help to reduce the gender education gap in developing countries? In this paper, I analyze the …-weather roads. Their net secondary school enrollment rate increased by over 87 percent, reducing the respective gender education gap …

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 …