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Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Intergenerational Investment

In Zambia, negotiation training for teen girls may increase their continued enrollment in school.
Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low, Kathleen McGinn (2020)
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Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

A program in India that provided female students with access to bicycles increased secondary school enrollment for girls and narrowed the gender gap in secondary school enrollment.
Karthik Muralidharan, Nishith Prakash (2017)
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Can Simple Advice Eliminate the Gender Gap in Willingness to Compete?

Simple advice can be a powerful and effective tool in reducing gender differences in willingness to compete.
Dany Kessel, Johanna Mollerstrom, Roel van Veldhuizen (2019)
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The Gendered Spillover Effect of Young Children's Health on Human Capital: Evidence from Turkey

In developing nations, reducing morbidity among preschool children may improve educational outcomes for their adolescent sisters by lessening childcare duties and allowing them to attend school.
Marcella M. Alsan (2017)
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Do Financial Education Interventions for Women from Poor Households Impact Their Financial Behaviors? Experimental Evidence from India

One-day financial education training programs may be cost-effective interventions for improving the financial behaviors of women from poor households. 
Aditi Bhutoria, Anna Vignoles (2018)
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Do School Counselors Exhibit Bias in Recommending Students for Advanced Coursework?

Black female students are statistically least recommended and rated as least prepared for AP Calculus by high school counselors, which has implications for their likelihood of success in the long-term.
Dania V. Francis, Angela de Oliveira, Carey Dimmitt (2019)
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Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence from Randomly Assigned General Practitioners

Girls who have female doctors in childhood are significantly more likely to pursue STEMM fields in their education. This exposure to female doctors can also improve their intergenerational mobility.
Julie Riise, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén (2019)
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Do mentoring, information, and nudge reduce the gender gap in economics majors?

Initiatives providing mentoring, additional information, and nudges to encourage more female economics majors have a greater effect on female students with above-median grades, increasing their likelihood of majoring in economics.
Hsueh-Hsiang Li (2018)
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Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence From Teachers' Gender Bias

Italian middle school math teachers’ implicit gender stereotypes about math widen classroom gender gaps.
Michela Carlana (2019)
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How Gender and Race Stereotypes Impact the Advancement of Scholars in STEM: Professors’ Biased Evaluations of Physics and Biology Post-Doctoral Candidates

Intersectional stereotypes about gender and race hinder the advancement of women, Latinx people, and African Americans in STEM.
Asia A. Eaton, Jessica F. Saunders, Ryan K. Jacobson, Keon West (2019)
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Negotiating a Better Future: How Interpersonal Skills Facilitate Intergenerational Investment

In Zambia, negotiation training for teen girls may increase their continued enrollment in school.
Nava Ashraf, Natalie Bau, Corinne Low, Kathleen McGinn (2020)
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Can Simple Advice Eliminate the Gender Gap in Willingness to Compete?

Simple advice can be a powerful and effective tool in reducing gender differences in willingness to compete.
Dany Kessel, Johanna Mollerstrom, Roel van Veldhuizen (2019)
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Do Financial Education Interventions for Women from Poor Households Impact Their Financial Behaviors? Experimental Evidence from India

One-day financial education training programs may be cost-effective interventions for improving the financial behaviors of women from poor households. 
Aditi Bhutoria, Anna Vignoles (2018)
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Can Female Doctors Cure the Gender STEMM Gap? Evidence from Randomly Assigned General Practitioners

Girls who have female doctors in childhood are significantly more likely to pursue STEMM fields in their education. This exposure to female doctors can also improve their intergenerational mobility.
Julie Riise, Barton Willage, Alexander Willén (2019)
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Implicit Stereotypes: Evidence From Teachers' Gender Bias

Italian middle school math teachers’ implicit gender stereotypes about math widen classroom gender gaps.
Michela Carlana (2019)
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Cycling to School: Increasing Secondary School Enrollment for Girls in India

A program in India that provided female students with access to bicycles increased secondary school enrollment for girls and narrowed the gender gap in secondary school enrollment.
Karthik Muralidharan, Nishith Prakash (2017)
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The Gendered Spillover Effect of Young Children's Health on Human Capital: Evidence from Turkey

In developing nations, reducing morbidity among preschool children may improve educational outcomes for their adolescent sisters by lessening childcare duties and allowing them to attend school.
Marcella M. Alsan (2017)
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Do School Counselors Exhibit Bias in Recommending Students for Advanced Coursework?

Black female students are statistically least recommended and rated as least prepared for AP Calculus by high school counselors, which has implications for their likelihood of success in the long-term.
Dania V. Francis, Angela de Oliveira, Carey Dimmitt (2019)
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Do mentoring, information, and nudge reduce the gender gap in economics majors?

Initiatives providing mentoring, additional information, and nudges to encourage more female economics majors have a greater effect on female students with above-median grades, increasing their likelihood of majoring in economics.
Hsueh-Hsiang Li (2018)
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How Gender and Race Stereotypes Impact the Advancement of Scholars in STEM: Professors’ Biased Evaluations of Physics and Biology Post-Doctoral Candidates

Intersectional stereotypes about gender and race hinder the advancement of women, Latinx people, and African Americans in STEM.
Asia A. Eaton, Jessica F. Saunders, Ryan K. Jacobson, Keon West (2019)
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