We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the … incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Royeconomy setting in which activities … importance of the distribution of brawn. -- Brawn ; health ; schooling ; gender …

This paper proposes to measure and to evaluate gender gaps and gender inequalities by means of the decomposition of an … overlapping between female and male subpopulations. We develop an unified framework for the evaluation of gender gap, linking … overlapping component represents a key issue in gender gap analysis. An analysis of the income distribution of the Italian …

elimination contest. In particular, we assess whether gender quotas imposed in the final stage increase the share of female … result from one-shot tournaments that high performing women shy away from competitions they could win. Adding gender quotas …

We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the … incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Roy-economy setting in which activities …