), Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI), Gender Inequality Index (GII), Gender Development Index (GDI). In the paper GDI and GII … indices for Poland. Additionally, this article wants to evaluate reduction of gender inequality in Poland. …

Important gender differences in earnings and career trajectories persist. Particularly, in professions such as business …. Gender differences in competitiveness have been proposed as a potential explanation. Using an incentivized measure of … competitiveness, this paper investigates whether competitiveness explains future gender differences in earnings and industry choice in …

Using 4,279 episodes of the popular US game show Jeopardy!, we analyze whether the opponents' gender is able to explain … the gender gap in competitive behavior. Our findings indicate that gender differences disappear when women compete against … correctly, and (iii) respond correctly in high-stakes situations. Even risk preferences in wagering decisions, where gender …

school reopening. In contrast to women, the employment rate of married men with children was not affected, which hindered … progress in narrowing the employment gender gap. …

Gender differences in math performance are now small in developed countries and they cannot explain on their own the … strong under-representation of women in math-related fields. This latter result is however no longer true once gender … for girls than boys, a magnitude considered as very large. When this difference is controlled for, the gender gap in …

This paper establishes the presence of a substantial gender gap in the relationship between state legislature service … and the subsequent pursuit of a Congressional career. The empirical approach uses a sample of mixed-gender elections to … legislature seats. This gender gap in advancing to Congress among state legislators is not generated by gender differences in …

higher education, from 11 to 14.5 percent. These effects are driven by high-achieving girls in mathematics. We find limited … classroom interventions carried out by 56 female scientists among 20,000 high school students in the Paris Region, we provide … reduced the prevalence of stereotypes associated with jobs in science and gender differences in abilities, but it made the …

overconfidence combined with competitive workplace incentives affects gender equality in the labor market. Our main result is that …

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications …, combined with competitive job incentives, affects gender equality in the labor market and discuss policy implications. The …

Do gender disparities in academia reflect that female scholars are held to higher standards than males? We address this … makes the same career step. In most domains, this reflects a gender gap for "marginal" scholars, consistent with lower merit …