marriage, as well as lower rates of divorce. This move is driven by women, not men. We document substantial long-run earnings … losses concentrated on women, and gender inequality increases. The gender-specific effects are due to a woman's ability to … give birth during a fixed period of life–her biological clock. Women have a higher reservation value for staying in the …

This paper shows that globalization has far-reaching implications for the economy’s fertility rate and family structure … divorces. This shift is driven largely by women, not men. Correspondingly, the negative earnings implications of the rising … import competition are concentrated on women, and gender earnings inequality increases. The paper establishes the market …

benefits from the agreement and moves the intermediate-gap couples to their outside option where women work more and men do …

choices using the example of child care – a public good arguably valued by women. We hand-collect micro-data for 224 …

Gender norms, i.e. the role of men and women in the society, are a fundamental channel through which culture may … are significantly larger. This effect is driven by women becoming systematically more favorable to redistribution, while …: ideologically moderate women are more favorable to redistribution than moderate men, and this effect is even stronger among right …

and its heterogeneous effects on the labor market opportunities of men and women affected demographic behavior. We focus …

This paper considers the potential impact of welfare benefits on the partnership status of women in the UK. Using …