firms in China over 2004-2007, we find that foreign affiliates from countries with a more gender-equal culture tend to …We study the global diffusion of culture through multinationals, focusing on gender norms. Using data on manufacturing … productivity, gender biases, and learning, we perform counterfactual exercises. Hypothetically eliminating firms' gender biases …

, EU, Japan and Korea) toward the variation in the strength of economic institutions across China's regions. It is found … that FIEs from the source countries/areas that are culturally more remote from China often exhibit a stronger aversion to …