This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes
(competitiveness, labour force participation, and performance in mathematics, among many …

Social attitudes toward women vary significantly across societies. This chapter reviews
recent empirical research on various historical determinants of contemporary differences in …

We examine gender differences in financial literacy among high school students in Italy
using data from the 2012 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA). Gender …

This paper examines the long-term determinants of intimate partner violence (IPV) by
analyzing its relationship with traditional family structures: stem families in which one child …

This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the
education gender gap and its evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first …

Why do certain countries display high gender equalities while others display low gender
equalities? To what extent does gender equality foster economic growth and development …

Despite formal UN and European Commission commitments to improve gender imbalances,
progress towards gender equality in wealth and pay has progressed at a discouragingly …

Recent work, mostly based on developed countries, has highlighted the negative effects of
motherhood on labor market outcomes as a persistent source of gender inequality. In …

Abstract We test Le Play's (1875) hypothesis that the French Revolution contributed to
France's early fertility decline. In 1793, a series of inheritance reforms abolished local …

This handbook chapter focuses on important interactions between the family and culture. We
discuss the wide range of global variation in family institutions, variation which is in part …