India's child stunting rate is among the highest in the world, exceeding that of many poorer African countries. In this … patterns in the data indicate that India's culture of eldest son preference plays a key role in explaining the steeper birth … if he is the eldest son. Third, the India-Africa height deficit is largest for daughters with no older brothers, which …

involuntary unemployment in a market economy to the incidence of malnutrition and this in turn to inequality in the distribution …

This paper presents new evidence on urbanization using sub-county data for the United States from 1880-2000 and …

innovative design in steam power, the Corliss engine, played in the intertwined processes of industrialization and urbanization …

1980 Women in Employment Survey) finds significant sample selection bias for women in full-time jobs. Part of the observed … differential between the hourly pay of full-timers and part-timers arises because of self-selection of women who can command higher … remunerated at a lower rate in part-time than in full-time employment. Thus, the larger proportion of women than men in part …

The provision of subsidized child care may encourage women to participate in the paid labor force. This paper analyzes … the provision of high quality public day care in Sweden encourages the labor market activity of women with preschoolers …

This paper presents a wage series for unskilled English women workers from 1260 to 1850 and compares it with existing … evidence for men. Our series cast light on long run trends in women’s agency and wellbeing, revealing an intractable, indeed … widening gap between women and men’s remuneration in the centuries following the Black Death. This informs several recent …