Much of the current scholarship on wartime violence, including studies of the combatants themselves, assumes that women are victims and men…
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We evaluate a 'girl-friendly' primary school program in Burkina Faso using a regression discontinuity design. After 2.5 years, the program…
Professor Burns reflects on recent Supreme Court decisions dealing with voting rights and same-sex marriage.
"If I like a boy I cannot tell anybody about my choice because I am a girl. I like making friends with boys but being a girl I cannot do…
Despite evidence on how malpractice risk varies according to physician specialty, there is growing but still limited evidence about…
This study documents an increase in the prevalence of extreme poverty among US households with children between 1996 and 2011 and assesses…
A policy experiment in India suggests that placing female leaders in positions of power can dramatically change public attitudes.
In his State of the Union Address on February 13, President Barack Obama urged that young people be given the opportunity to obtain the…
Thirty years ago, I was a young woman living and working in London. In those days, Britain was a class-bound and male-dominated society,…