elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a … increases girls' interest in STEM and decreases the gender gap via an increase in STEM confidence. Our findings suggest that an … easy-to-implement digital intervention has the potential to foster gender equality for young children and can potentially …

Gender disparities in STEM fields participation are a major cause of concern for policymakers around the world. In … addition to talent misallocation, low female enrollment rates in STEM careers contribute to gender-based inequalities in …

higher education, from 11 to 14.5 percent. These effects are driven by high-achieving girls in mathematics. We find limited … reduced the prevalence of stereotypes associated with jobs in science and gender differences in abilities, but it made the … influence female students' choice of study. Results suggest that emphasis on the gender theme is less important to the …

higher education, from 11 to 14.5 percent. These effects are driven by high-achieving girls in mathematics. We find limited … reduced the prevalence of stereotypes associated with jobs in science and gender differences in abilities, but it made the … influence female students' choice of study. Results suggest that emphasis on the gender theme is less important to the …

We use a controlled experiment widely adopted in the literature to assess the extent of gender differences in attitudes … towards competition in a sample of UK professionals working in two different companies. We find no gender differences in … it is important to avoid generalisations on the presence of gender gaps in attitudes towards competition. This being the …

The gender gap in risk-taking is often used to explain differences in labor market outcomes. Some studies, however …, suggest that this gender gap does not extend to professional contexts. This paper examines potential drivers of the gender gap … 474 scientists we vary the salience of the professional or private identity. We find that the gender gap in risk-taking is …

better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we …

unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …

. The accounts differed in three characteristics: gender (male or female), race (Black or White), and university affiliation …

This paper studies the impact of services liberalization on education and the gender education gap at the district … number of years of schooling (positively) and the gender education gap (negatively). These effects are at least as relevant … shares of female employment and require high education investments. Our hypothesis is that the national-level liberalization …