Throwback Thursday: Remembering the Traditional First Date

Only several decades ago, the dating norms that said who paid for a meal were much clearer than they are today because of women’s new economic role.

Questions About the Global Gender Gap

Because the ranking depends on our variables and their definitions, measuring the global gender gap can have surprising results.

How to Google Gender Bias

Reflecting and encouraging gender bias against women, the occupational pictures displayed online at Google images can be inaccurate and unprofessional.

Finding the Hollywood Gender Gap (Everywhere)

From top stars’ salaries, to the people who speak in films, the Hollywood gender gap can be found in most of the major movies.

The Real Meaning of Potty Parity

Broadway theater owners have become increasingly concerned with intermission. Where are we going? To the message from the ladies’ restroom. Broadway’s Bathrooms Very much aware that there are far fewer toilets than the number of people who will need them, women rush…

Where To Find China’s Missing Women

Upsetting the conventional wisdom, researchers recently found millions of “non-existent” women who could enter Chinese marriage markets.

New Insight on the Gender Pay Gap

For some surprising reasons that contribute to the gender wage gap, there are relatively few women who are top earners in the U.S.

How U.S. Marriage Markets Differ

Looking at gender ratios at colleges, for college graduates and in metro areas, we find that marriage markets vary.

Why Women Don’t Get the Credit They Deserve

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.

Weekly Roundup: From Aging in China to Smiling in Denmark

Our economic news summary includes social welfare and Denmark, crowdsourcing and contests, hitting the debt ceiling, aging concerns and expensive lobsters.