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an experimental sample in Riyadh and from a national sample) that the vast majority of young married men in Saudi Arabia … for FLFP by other similar men - even men from their same social setting, such as their neighbors. We then show that … randomly correcting these beliefs about others increases married men's willingness to let their wives join the labor force (as …
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We investigate the role of information frictions in the US labor market using a new nationally representative panel dataset on individuals' labor market expectations and realizations. We find that expectations about future job offers are, on average, highly predictive of actual outcomes. Despite...
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. Training is potentially important in compensating for the effects of children, especially for women who left education after …
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Can greater control over earned income incentivize women to work and influence gender norms? In collaboration with … Indian government partners, we provided rural women with individual bank accounts and randomly varied whether their wages … status quo). Women in a random subset of villages were also trained on account use. In the short run, relative to women just …
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Reducing gender-specific commuting barriers in developing countries has complex and diverse effects on women's labor … dynamics. We study a program that offers free bus rides for women in several Indian states (the Pink Slip program) using a … synthetic difference-in-differences approach to shed light on labor supply and time use decisions of women. We observe decreased …
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-skilled women, are disproportionately represented in the household services sector, a global phenomenon that is seen to some extent …, immigrant workers allow high-skilled native women to reduce their unpaid household production and increase their participation … supply of high-skilled native women, has helped narrow the gender earnings gap in high-paying powered occupations, and that …
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male population. Within individuals, inflation expectations and perceptions are autocorrelated only for men above the … median by IQ (high-IQ men). High-IQ men's forecast revisions are consistent with the diagnostic-expectations framework …, whereas anything goes for low-IQ men. Education levels, income, socioeconomic status, or financial constraints do not explain …
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years of life for both men and women for cohorts born 1906-1915. This association is close to linear but exhibits strong … credentialing effects, particularly for men, and is substantially smaller for cohorts born earlier. This association varies … substantially by state of birth, but it is not smaller in states with higher levels of education or longevity. For men the …
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". We find that for both men and women the increase in the employment rate coincides with a reduction in the early …
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models to deal with measurement error in wealth reports. Our various results show that men and women in the U.S. marry …
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