stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender …

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 …

The recession induced by the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in major declines in employment of women, both from the demand … facilities. We provide projections of possible impacts of this reduction on less-educated women's future human capital framed … modest on average but larger for married women than for unmarried women and for those working in COVID-impacted industries …

-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 …

in developing economies can signal their wealth, and thereby increase their social status, by withdrawing their women …

employment discrimination against U.S. women. For the next 15 years, the gender gap in median earnings among full-time, full … different research designs to show that women's relative wages grew rapidly in the aftermath of this legislation. The data show … little evidence of short-term changes in women's employment, but some results suggest that firms reduced their hiring and …

information on agency ownership. We find that female-owned agencies specialized in vacancies for women, thereby expanding the … advertised more skilled occupations to women than did male-owned agencies, leading to a 5.5% higher wage for women. On the other … vacancies for women and homogeneous, lower-skill occupations. However, in choosing to establish an agency and to specialize in …

The modern economic role of women emerged in four phases. The first three were evolutionary; the last was revolutionary … women's choices distinguish the evolutionary from the revolutionary phases: horizon, identity, and decision-making. The … time-series evidence on women's more predictable attachment to the workplace, greater identity with career, and better …

living with a single mother; (vi) shifts in social norms governing premarital sex and married women's roles in the workplace …