In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and … among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra year of schooling is almost zero for men and 3.8 percent for women. The … alters the schooling distributions of men and women differently, thus the average causal effect we estimate puts a higher …

rule were adopted by all women bearing children. We then assess the impact of alternative combinations of fertility rates … of fertility rates and male-biased birth sex ratios. METHODS The "laboratory" is a closed, stable population with five … have no effect on the male/female birth proportions in the population, although they can alter the fertility rate, age …

theoretical explanation for why women attend college at a higher rate and earn a lower average income than men. Differential … fecundity and an equilibrium marriage market form the basis of my explanation. The model also accounts for gender … for women. I provide evidence to support my theory and calibrate the model to conduct counterfactual analyses. …

The changes in women and men's work lives have been considerable in recent decades. Yet much of the recent research on … selection over time for both women and men and show the rising effect of selection for women in recent years. Returns to … education diverge for women and men over this period in the selection-adjusted results but converge in the OLS results, while …