We study whether and why parents have gender-stereotyped beliefs when they assess their child's skills. Exploiting … parents overestimate boys' skills more so than girls' in mathematics (a male-stereotyped subject), whereas there are no gender … differences for reading. Consistent with an information friction hypothesis, we find that the parental gender bias disappears for …

competitive incentives in mixed-gender competition. We use a real effort math task to induce an implicit stereotype threat against …The gender gap in income and leadership positions in many domains of our society is an undisputed pervasive phenomenon … precise mechanisms behind the gender difference in competitive responsiveness are still not fully uncovered. In this paper, we …

competitive incentives in mixed-gender competition. We use a real effort math task to induce an implicit stereotype threat against …The gender gap in income and leadership positions in many domains of our society is an undisputed pervasive phenomenon … precise mechanisms behind the gender difference in competitive responsiveness are still not fully uncovered. In this paper, we …

gender wage gaps among Regular Wage/Salaried (RWS) workers in India, both at the mean, as well as along the entire wage … distribution to see "what happens where". The gender log wage gap at the mean is 55 percent in 1999-2000 and 49 percent in 2009 … that, in both years, the bulk of the gender wage gap is unexplained, i.e. possibly discriminatory. They also reveal that …