March 9, 2017
From top stars' salaries, to the people who speak in films, the Hollywood gender gap can be found in most of the major movies.
February 9, 2017
January 24, 2017
Upsetting the conventional wisdom, researchers recently found millions of "non-existent" women who could enter Chinese marriage markets.
January 5, 2017
For some surprising reasons that contribute to the gender wage gap, there are relatively few women who are top earners in the U.S.
December 13, 2015
Monetary incentives can influence a decision and distort the information we access for our cost and benefit research.
December 8, 2015
Shown by a project in rural India, building a sanitation network that includes toilets can eliminate open defecation and the disease it creates.
November 30, 2015
With son preference, limited fertility and social norms, China's and India's sex ratios at birth have created a male glut and new marriage markets.
November 16, 2015
Expectations bias is among the top gender issues for female economists because we are predisposed to think of a male when looking at academic research.
November 2, 2015
Although China has said it will replace its one-child policy with a two child limit, small families remain a social norm that will be tough to change.
October 27, 2015
One reason we have a labor force participation rate of 62.4 percent is because retirees, students, the disabled and people who care for family do not work.
October 23, 2015
Because of aging populations in the developed world and in China, concern about care for the elderly and rising dependency ratios have increased.
October 5, 2015
Because credit card scores predict trustworthiness and financial distress, they indicate whether a co-habitation relationship will be long lasting.