This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers’ perceptions of gender norms on their employment … gender norm regarding maternal employment in their city. At baseline, over 70% of mothers incorrectly perceive this gender … share of mothers who misperceive gender norms as overly conservative. The treatment also shifts mothers’ own labor …

gender reforms, which have the potential to counteract legal gains in women's freedoms, and help explain why potential …

the ways in which gender inequality is a critical factor in understanding vulnerability and resilience efforts concerning … at the household, community, and state levels. In particular, gender inequalities within the Sahel pose a very real … populations. The paper then explores what development and state institutions are doing to resolve gender inequity through climate …

between education institutions and employment, iii) providing training opportunities during working life, and iv) making …

Goals, drawing on learning from the Social Institutions and Gender Index and in-country research by the OECD Policy Dialogue … tasks more equally between men and women by transforming gender stereotypes. …

, while marketization reallocates labor from home to market services. Given gender comparative advantages, the first channel …

partnership with a Spanish-speaking online platform for technology positions, ads randomly selected to use gender-neutral language … similar numbers otherwise. In a separate survey experiment, gender-neutral language in ads increases interest and beliefs …

Using thousands of essays written by 11-year-olds in 1969, we construct an index measuring girls' conformity to gender … worked. Education, occupation and family formation mediate half of this decline. Holding skills constant, girls who conform … less to gender norms live in regions with higher female employment and university attendance, highlighting the role of the …