Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women’s careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …

We explore the role of financial and pension information in increasing women's knowledge and awareness of their future … pension status, and consequently, in reducing the gender pension gap. A representative sample of 1249 Italian working women … then ran a randomized experiment to evaluate the effect of increased information regarding pensions on women’s awareness …

Better managers and managerial practices lead to better firm performance. Yet, little is known about what happens when … managers move across firms. Does a firm hiring a good manager improve its performance? If yes is there some valuable knowledge …-invariant ability of the manager as well as overall firm performance. We find that the export experience gained by managers in previous …

be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad. …

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for … women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens' approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss … constitution as a proxy for the norm that "women and men shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value". We find that …

This paper studies the origins and function of customs aimed at restricting women's sexuality, such as a particularly … invasive form of female genital cutting, restrictions on women's freedom of mobility, and norms about their sexual behavior … extended periods of male absence from the settlement, implying larger payoffs to imposing restrictions on women's sexuality …

, single women have lower BMIs than women in other household relationships. While causal mechanisms may have changed over time …

larger proportion of female peers reduces women's probability of enrolling in and graduating from STEM programs. Men's STEM … participation increases with more female peers present. In the long run, women exposed to more female peers are less likely to work …