aspirations and to more risky behavior (including having a child before age 18). The girls most strongly affected are those in the … effect of "high-achievers" on male outcomes is markedly different: boys are unaffected by "high-achievers" of either gender. … within a school. We find that greater exposure to "high-achieving" boys, as proxied by their parents' education, decreases …

We conduct three lab experiments and use field data from the Dutch Math Olympiad to study how the gender gap in … if they lose. In the Dutch Math Olympiad, this means that girls who do not make the top 1000, and therefore do not … advance to the next round, are less likely to compete again one year later while there is no effect on boys. In an additional …

resumes. We find evidence consistent with inaccurate statistical discrimination: while there are no significant gender … discrimination in job applicant assessments and test treatments to help improve hiring of the best applicants. In our experiment, we … evidence that statistical discrimination can be mitigated. In two treatments, in which we provide assessors with additional …

Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis." An analysis of the latest data … on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores … disadvantaged schoolchildren, I then examine whether time investments made by boys and girls related to computer use contribute to …

Boys are doing worse in school than are girls, which has been dubbed "the Boy Crisis". An analysis of the latest data … on educational outcomes among boys and girls reveals extensive disparities in grades, reading and writing test scores … disadvantaged schoolchildren, I then examine whether time investments made by boys and girls related to computer use contribute to …

fetuses. We investigate their impact on son-biased fertility stopping behavior, parental investments in girls relative to boys …, and the relative chances of girls surviving after birth. We find a moderation of son-biased fertility, erosion of gender … gaps in breastfeeding and immunization, and complete convergence in the post-neonatal mortality rates of boys and girls …