Why do girls do less well than boys in school math tests? Paola Giuliano of UCLA explains to Tim Phillips that, for many girls, the problem starts at home.
Thomas Dohmen, Armin Falk, David Huffman, Uwe Sunde, 05 July 2008
Departing from the practice of treating attitudes as a black box, economists are beginning to study the process through which attitudes are formed. New evidence shows that parents pass on risk and trust attitudes to their children, with important implications for understanding persistent differences in economic outcomes across and within countries.
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