multiplier effect), it quickly rises above pre-shock levels. The rebound in investment is facilitated by fiscal space, flexible … investment contractions on impact, but drive private investment to above pre-shock levels. Finally, we exploit firm … sector and in larger and less indebted firms, and to show that the long-run benefits to economic activity of the fiscal shock …

female employment and reduces gender inequality, the effect being more pronounced in firms without traditional financial …Fintech, which delivers financial services digitally, promises to promote financial inclusion and close the gender gap …

We study the effects of monetary policy shocks on employment gender gaps in a panel of 22 countries using quarterly … shocks, narrowing the employment gender gap over time. Two factors contribute to explaining this heterogeneous effect. First … market adjustment, the narrowing of the gender employment gap is initially driven by a reduction in the gender unemployment …

This paper studies gender differences in strategic situations. In two experimental guessing games - the beauty contest …

On the current pace of reforms, global gender gaps are estimated to close, using deterministic (linear or log … efforts, gender gaps may in fact never close. Using Markov chains, a common approach in macroeconomics, this paper analyzes … the dynamics of the cross-country distribution of the gender gap in labor force participation. This methodology does not …

transfer of the gender gap in labor force participation. We explore the extent that family- and community-level characteristics …, measured in childhood, differentially predict the likelihood of employment for adult Norwegian men and women. Drawing on … theories pertaining to the importance of information, skills and gender norms transfer, our empirical analysis demonstrates …

campaigns. We implemented a survey experiment during the (mixed gender) electoral race for mayor in Milan (2011), and a field … experiment during the (same gender) electoral race for mayor in Cava de' Tirreni (2015). In both cases, a sample of eligible … gender differences emerge. Females vote more for the opponent and less for the incumbent when they are exposed to the …