Question: What kind of companies have the best performance? Importantly, a recent McKinsey study uncovered that it’s actually the companies with the greatest number of women in top management; these ...

Women in the investment profession face a double standard even when objective information on their performance is available and their evaluators are incentivized to not discriminate, according to a ...

Leaders may give female workers inflated and inaccurate performance feedback when concerned about appearing prejudiced against women, according to a study from Washington State University researchers.

Teachers report thinking that if girls do better in math than boys, it is probably because of their innate ability and effort. But they also report that when boys do well in math, it is more likely ...

Mind the gap: while boys performed better than girls at the start of tests, that gap closed the longer the exam went on. (Courtesy: Shutterstock/Monkey-Business ...

What does the gender difference in average scores in standardized math and science tests mean? The education ministry should analyze in detail the results of the latest assessment of the mathematics ...

For investors hoping to make good returns by investing in funds focused on companies that emphasise gender equality it has been a difficult time. As the FT’s Alphaville recently reported, companies ...

A new data-driven study casts serious doubt on the stereotype that male students perform better than female students in science -- specifically, physics. A new data-driven study from Texas A&M ...

As we move from a season marked by unstoppable heating units and into one dominated by aggressive air conditioning. Figuring out how to optimize the thermostat involves a balancing of individual ...

Shakespeare has been dead for over 400 years and we are still producing his plays. There's a pretty simple reason for that: His plays continue to be relevant. While his poetic use of language may ...

Every Monday night, TV gives itself over to a mass of preening, posturing men, indulging in petty backbiting. Some are decked out in elaborate costumes, most are presenting idealized versions of the ...