Using quantile regression analyses, this study examines gender gaps in mathematics, science, and reading in Azerbaijan … social characteristics appear unrelated to achievement gender gaps. Second, the overachievement of girls in reading and …

This paper analyzes the relationship between gender and corruption, controlling for country-specific heterogeneity in a … cast doubt on a general, global relationship between gender and corruption. …

Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we … characterize the evolution of gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries between 1960 and 2010. We document five facts. First …, gender gaps widened as more boys went to school, then narrowed as girls enrolled; thus, gender gaps got worse before they got …

The economics literature on gender has expanded considerably in recent years, fueled in part by new sources of data …, including from experimental studies of gender differences in preferences and other traits. At the same time, economists have … culture and social norms. Despite these innovations much of the economics of gender has been left behind, and still employs a …

This paper studies the effect of emigration on gender norms in countries of migrants' origin. We use an instrumental … variable strategy that allows us to estimate a causal effect of emigration on gender inequality. Our findings suggest that … emigration to countries with low (high) levels of gender inequality is associated with promotion of more (less) progressive …