-countries, we find that the positive association between the female-male gender gap in math test scores (which on average favors … boys) and alternative measures of gender equality vanishes in OECD countries once we account for country fixed effects. Our … relationship between the gender gap in math and female empowerment. Interestingly, our analysis for non-OECD countries uncovers a …

this socialization decreases when we control for parents risk attitudes. Third, since there are strong gender roles in … dominated risk domains. This gives support for the gender-specific role model hypothesis in terms of risk attitudes. …

While gender gaps in average math performance are close to zero in developed countries, women are still strongly … wide range of societal inequalities that are not directly related to gender. It is also observed in other parts of the … science and reading. Such findings highlight how differences in socio-economic and cultural factors can affect gender gaps in …

In recognizing that women's participation and gender equity is a precondition for the achievement of acceptable … development outcomes, extractives industry companies are increasingly making public commitments to integrating gender equality …, inclusion, and women's economic empowerment into aspects of their operations. This paper reviews recent literature on gender and …

patriarchal regions. Education, English language skills and the use of different information sources like TV and radio explain a …

We examine gender gaps in career dynamics in the legal sector using rich panel data from one of the largest global law … sample includes countries at different stages of development. We document the cross-country variation in gender gaps and how … these gaps have changed over time. We show that while there is gender parity at the entry level in most countries by the end …