This paper investigates career choices of women who marry high-income men. We find that women married to men in the top … welfare state where work is the norm for women, self-employment offers a way to avoid the stay-at-home stigma. It allows one …

likelihood of self-employment before and after marriage for women who marry a spouse in the top 1, 0.5 and 0.1 percent to those …Little is known about self-employment as a career choice for women who marry a high-income spouse. We show that Swedish … women who are married to a high-income spouse are, on average, highly educated and more likely to pursue self …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes … increase fertility but decrease employment, while a decrease in childcare costs for employed women would increase both …

The underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship is consistent over cultures and countries, and is even higher in …'s financial resources. The results show that women are more likely to choose self-employment over wage-work when the children are … small, indicating that children are no barrier to entrepreneurship, at least not when defined as self-employment as in this …

The underrepresentation of women in entrepreneurship is consistent over cultures and countries, and is even higher in …’s financial resources. The results show that women are more likely to choose self-employment over wage-work when the children are … small, indicating that children are no barrier to entrepreneurship, at least not when defined as self-employment as in this …

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …

In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which … allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and … some other countries also have several types of marriage and civil union contracts. The policy issue is whether to abolish …

We present a dynamic life-cycle model of women's labor supply, marriage, and fertility choices that explicitly … forms of health on other life dynamics, with better mental health having stronger impacts on marriage and fertility outcomes … increase fertility but decrease employment, while a decrease in childcare costs for employed women would increase both …