Female education levels are very low in many developing countries.
Does maternal education have a causal impact on children's…
We exploit random assignment of gender quotas for leadership positions on Indian village councils to show that prior exposure to a female…
Iceland (1) has claimed the top spot of the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Index 2009 from Norway (3) which slipped to third…
We estimate the impact on pilgrims of performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Our method compares successful and unsuccessful applicants…
In this paper, we illustrate a methodology to measure discrimination in educational contexts. In India,
we ran an exam competition through…
The BRIGHT program was designed to improve the educational outcomes of children in Burkina Faso.1 It focused on girls in particular and was…
While women have the legal right to equal participation in politics in almost every country around the world, they remain vastly…
I remember clearly the thirty seconds when I grew up. As we crossed the bridge over the river on the way from the airport, I looked down…