Quotas for corporate boards are effective in increasing gender diversity, but in Norway imposed costs on firms and shareholders.

Men working for female supervisors in male-dominated fields receive lower salaries and lose social status due to their lower perceived masculinity.

Male managers choose competitive compensation schemes significantly less often for female workers than male workers.   

Being in a position of power in a group increases the volubility of men, but not the volubility of women.

Conditional cash transfers improve educational outcomes, while at the same time, unconditional cash transfers reduce teenage pregnancy and marriage.

Boys and girls in Sweden compete equally, even in areas of competition that are clearly identified as female- or male-typed.

Vocational training programs increase young women’s actual wages and opportunities for paid employment in the formal sector.

The use of gender-exclusive language (such as using masculine pronouns) can cause women to feel ostracized and less motivated in important professional environments.

Conditional cash transfers to women, aimed at increasing children’s school enrollment and family health in Mexico, had modest effects on their marriage or divorce rates.

Men who are employed in jobs that are strongly associated with women, and vice versa, are more strongly penalized for making mistakes than those in positions associated with their own gender.