We analyze the long-term effects of gender imbalances on female labor force participation, in particular in the market … for politicians. We exploit variation in sex ratios - the number of men divided by the number of women in a region … - across Germany induced by WWII. In the 1990 elections, women were more likely to run for office in constituencies that had …

power for the gender gap in the choice of STEM as a college major – they can explain about 36% as much as absolute … school-cohorts can explain about 6% of the STEM gender gap in mixed-sex schools and about 16% of the difference in the STEM … gender gap between mixed-sex schools and same-sex schools. Notably, these effects occur even though within-school rank plays …

power for the gender gap in the choice of STEM as a college major - they can explain about 36% as much as absolute … school-cohorts can explain about 6% of the STEM gender gap in mixed-sex schools and about 16% of the difference in the STEM … gender gap between mixed-sex schools and same-sex schools. Notably, these effects occur even though within-school rank plays …

We use unique retrospective family background data from the 2003 British Household Panel Survey to explore the degree … to which family size and birth order affect a child's subsequent educational attainment. Theory suggests a trade off … between child quantity and 'quality'. Family size might adversely affect the production of child quality within a family. A …

the family tree structure of the PSID to examine two claims found in the literature: whether being early in the birth … family fixed effects estimations, we find that being first-born confers a significant educational advantage that persists …

We use unique retrospective family background data from the 2003 British Household Panel Survey to explore the degree … to which family size and birth order affect a child's subsequent educational attainment. Theory suggests a trade off … between child quantity and 'quality'. Family size might adversely affect the production of child quality within a family. A …