This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … literature has argued that gender differences in a variety of outcomes could reflect underlying cultural values and beliefs. This … article reviews the literature on the relevance of culture in the determination of different forms of gender gap. I examine …

names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite … stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender …

Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex and diverse effects on women's labor … findings highlight that alleviating commuting costs does not uniformly boost women's labor participation, as gender roles and …

stronger intellectual property rights can be helpful in improving gender division of labor thereby benefiting society and …

This paper investigates gender gaps in long-term career expectations and outcomes of PhD candidates in economics. For … histories and publication records through 2022. We document four novel empirical facts: (1) there is a robust gender gap in …; (2) the gender gap in expectations is remarkably similar to the gap observed for academic outcomes; (3) expectations are …