reduced the prevalence of stereotypes associated with jobs in science and gender differences in abilities, but it made the … underrepresentation of women in science more salient. Using machine learning methods, we leverage the diversity of role model profiles to … influence female students' choice of study. Results suggest that emphasis on the gender theme is less important to the …

Epidemics can worsen social inequality by increasing gender gaps in educational attainment through raising the direct … the effects of sudden exposure to the 1986 meningitis epidemic in Niger on the gender gap in education. We document a …

show that more exposure to female peers during childhood causally decreases the extent of agreement with traditional gender …

This paper examines peer effects on students' gender norm perceptions and skills formation. I use a Uruguayan … leads to more progressive gender norms. Furthermore, these effects in gender perceptions are driven mostly by male students … to female peers operates not only by reducing traditional gender perceptions but also by changing actual behaviour …

The so-called "gender-equality paradox" is the fact that gender segregation across occupations is more pronounced in … or intrinsic gender differences in preferences that materialize more easily in countries where economic constraints are …-country differences in essentialist gender norms regarding math aptitudes and appropriate occupational choices. To this aim, we propose a …

We construct measures of gender altruism, or the propensity of an equal allocation towards the other gender, in a …) systematically lower levels of gender altruism in lake-fishing villages compared to sea-fishing villages, and (b) a higher tendency … for participants in lake-fishing villages to justify violence against women. Our findings provide experimental evidence …

inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …Can gender-balanced social norms mitigate the gender differences in competitiveness that are observed in traditional … patriarchic as well as in modern societies? We experimentally assess men's and women's preferences to compete in a traditional …

elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a … increases girls' interest in STEM and decreases the gender gap via an increase in STEM confidence. Our findings suggest that an … easy-to-implement digital intervention has the potential to foster gender equality for young children and can potentially …

Women are severely underrepresented in American politics, especially among Republicans. This underrepresentation may … result from women being less willing to run for office, from voter bias against women, or from political structures that make … it more difficult for women to compete. Here we show how support for female candidates varies by voters' party …