argue that this pattern is best explained by gender identity norms, which induce an aversion to a situation where the wife … earns more than her husband. We present evidence that this aversion also impacts marriage formation, the wife's labor force … participation, the wife's income conditional on working, marriage satisfaction, likelihood of divorce, and the division of home …

, we constructed a unique data set of family trees and business groups for nearly 100 of the largest business families in … Thailand. We find a strong positive association between family size and family involvement in the ownership and control of the … family business. The sons of the founders play a central role in both ownership and board membership, especially when the …

This paper explores the importance of the home and school environments in explaining the gender gap in disruptive … behavior. We document large differences in the gender gap across key features of the home environment -- boys do especially …, noncognitive returns to parental inputs differ markedly by gender. Broken families are associated with worse parental inputs, and …

possible reasons for the underrepresentation of women and the overrepresentation of family members in the corporate suite. I …