Our research analyzes the effect of changes in migration policies and the accession to the European Union of former …

surveys. Our results shed new light on the importance of life-course transitions and their gender-heterogeneous effects as key …

This article investigates the role of the gender composition of selection committees and the role of connections in … discriminating against women. The results suggest that gender of the committee members, network structure and type of recruitment … crucial for addressing gender bias in research …

I study whether exposure to teachers' stereotypes, as measured by the Gender-Science Implicit Association Test, affects … student achievement. I provide evidence that the gender gap in math performance substantially increases when students are … assigned to teachers with stronger gender stereotypes. Teachers' stereotypes induce girls to underperform in math and self …

that Italy is a much less egalitarian society than Norway, with a larger scope of establishing gender equality, our results …Over the last decade, several countries have followed the Norwegian example and introduced laws mandating gender quota … in gender quota that remain effective for three consecutive board renewals of listed limited liability firms. We link …

describes the gender gap in math test scores in Italy, which is one of the countries displaying the largest differential between …Gender differences in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines are widespread in most OECD … gender gap using OLS regression and school fixed-effect models for each grade separately.Our results show that girls …

The paper examines the gender wage gap in Italy during the 2008-2012 economic crisis, using cross-sectional EU …-SILC data. The gender wage gap increased from 4% in 2008 to 8% in 2012, when for most European countries the gap decreased …. After 2010 the growth of the Italian gender wage gap (and its unexplained component) was particularly high in the upper part …

investigate gender differences in the willingness to enter competition. Using data on about 42,000 professors and controlling for … competition of about 4 percentage points. The determinants of this gap seem to be gender differences in risk-aversion and self …

elements in shaping gender differences in preferences. In fact, in matrilineal societies (Gong et al.; 2014; Gneezy et al … decision makers in the family and the society. We test these alternative hypotheses running Dictators experiments in Italy, a …

The paper investigates the gender wage gap among recently graduated people, controlling for job and academic variables … and for the field of study, as women lag in highly remunerative majors. The raw gender gap in hourly wages is 5 … gender norms. Results indicate that childcare and part-time availability are correlated with lower gender wage gaps, while …