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 …

The study of gender differences in social preferences has shown mixed results, preventing economists and other social … hypothesized that the main reason of this heterogeneity of results is the myriad of experimental designs used to study gender … recent papers: women are sensitive to the design and context of the experiment in ways that men are not. In addition, we go …

The predominant part of the literature states that women are more likely to donate to charitable causes but men are … paper examines gender differences in giving focusing on the distribution of amounts donated and the probability of giving … using UK micro-data on individual giving to charitable causes. Results indicate that most women are more generous than men …

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 …

, sociologists and the general public believe that women work more. The widespread average equality does not arise from gender … in total work time-work for pay and work at home. In rich non-Catholic countries on four continents men and women do … based on social norms, might explain these findings and are consistent with cross-national evidence from the World Values …

gender. Women are also found to be less directly dependent on migration costs unrelated to networks such as distance. … at whether diaspora effects are different across education levels and gender. Using new data allowing to include both … influencing the selection in terms skills and in term of gender. We found that network effects vary by education level but not by …

and females. Moreover, in some countries results show convergence between cohort and gender specific travel demand: women …Results from travel demand research in many countries show that - on average - women are less mobile and have different … mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males …

more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older … and highly educated undocumented immigrant women relative to men; 2) A change in the skill composition of immigrant women …

There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as men do and are less willing to enter a competition … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors … those women who do not choose competitive incentives "know" that they should not. …

how women could be more successfully motivated to become self-employed in the crafts. First of all, traditional gender …. Entrepreneurship consulting should incorporate gender typical concerns and cater to the specific informational requirements of women … tendency of women to start businesses in the service sector, which is underrepresented in the crafts. Women also tend to be …