. The effects seem to be driven by changes in gender and cultural norms, because there is a reduction in the prevalence of … arranged marriages with minimum involvement of the bride. Overall results suggest a change in gender norms after 18 years of …

In this paper we provide first systematic evidence on the gender disparities in the labor market in Swaziland, drawing …

farming periods, results are more mixed. Gender differences are noteworthy throughout, with men mostly having higher physical …

large gender gaps in test scores are also observed. We coded 237 videotaped classes of fourth graders, identifying specific … favoring boys. Gender attention gap is correlated with lower scores in math for girls on Chile’s national standardized test … (SIMCE). The gender attention gap was also greater in general in classrooms in which teachers had overall worse interactions …

Rwanda is one of the countries with the best strategies for women empowerment and gender equality in Africa and … globally. Nonetheless, some inequalities exist especially in education attainment. This study investigates the gender gaps in …-owned enterprises. The results are corroborated by propensity score matching estimates, implying that the estimated gender productivity …

market participation through gender lens. Results show that women’s education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …

gender performance gap. After controlling for business and entrepreneur characteristics, female-owned businesses exhibit a …-employment raises the gap by 5 percentage points. We then investigate the role of sharing norms and gender-differentiated allocation of … time within the household in the gender performance gap, by estimating their effect on the technical inefficiency of female …