pattern by the presence of two household goods and socially learned gender-specific comparative advantage in their home … production. We label this gender specialisation as separate housework spheres. Empirical evidence strongly confirms separate …

Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender … classes ; gender …

The existence of gender gaps in test scores has been documented in the relevant literature for a wide range of … across regions within the same country are crucial determinants in understanding gender differences in PISA 2009 test scores …: girls perform relatively better in both maths and reading in societies where gender equality is enhanced, and the effect …

men and women spend similar amounts of time in total work. When considering the social norms that explain gender …We analyze differences by gender in the time dedicated to total work (paid and unpaid) by families in Latin America … between countries in terms of the gender distribution of total work (paid work plus unpaid work), with Colombia and Peru being …