We empirically investigate the determinants of the female decision of investing in post-secondary education, focusing … on the role played by the context where young women take their education decision. We first develop a stylized two …-period model to analyze the female decision of investing in education and highlight two main determinants: the time to be devoted …

This paper analyzes to what extent gender culture affects gender gap in employment. Drawing on Italian data, we measure … gender culture based on firms’ attitudes is significant in explaining gender gap in employment in Italian provinces. We show …