for politicians. We exploit variation in sex ratios - the number of men divided by the number of women in a region … - across Germany induced by WWII. In the 1990 elections, women were more likely to run for office in constituencies that had … election. These results suggest that while women were more likely to run for a seat in parliament in constituencies with lower …

attributed to women's relative deficit with respect to human capital endowment, an equally large part stems from the fact that … inequality with respect to the returns to human capital in terms of wage which favours women. Nevertheless, women improved their …, mainly because women have a lower educational attainment than men but also because similar qualification levels yield lower …

What happens to demand if a magazine launches a website? This question is empirically analyzed for the German women …