Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years either pregnant or … nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced women's comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an … associated with women's reproductive role. We explore the hypothesis that these developments enabled married women to increase …

use an epidemiological approach, studying second-generation American women. I use both female LFP and attitudes in the … women's country of ancestry as cultural proxies and show that both cultural proxies have quantitatively significant effects … on women's work outcomes. The paper concludes with some suggestions for future empirical and theoretical research topics …

fertility behaviour of women 30-40 years old, born in the US, but whose parents were born elsewhere. We use past female labour … capture, in addition to past economic and institutional conditions, the beliefs commonly held about the role of women in … potentially relevant to women’s behaviour in the US in 1970. We show that these cultural proxies have positive and significant …

In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities … human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the gene pool. A key consequence of the trade-off faced by women is that … rank in the distribution of income. In the "Sex and the City" (SATC) type, women marry men who are better ranked than …