derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable …This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap …

In light of the recent feminization of migration, we empirically explore to what extent worldwide female migration can … be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and … and highly robust incentive to emigrate. Yet, whether those migration aspirations are turned into actual preparations is …

We consider a non-cooperative model of the household, in which the husband and wife decide on parental leave and the … benefits from the agreement and moves the intermediate-gap couples to their outside option where women work more and men do … more home production. As a result, the cost of raising children increases and fertility declines. Assuming a loss of …

We revisit the prominent finding that women's incomes are disproportionally often observed just below the income of … misreporting accounts for the discontinuity in the distribution of women's relative incomes just below the point where a woman …

Do policies and institutions that promote women's economic empowerment have a long-term impact on intimate partner … regimes opened up divergent economic opportunities for women in an otherwise cul- turally and geographically homogeneous … setting. Women in British territories benefited from a universal education system and gained opportunities for paid employment …

children. From this, should we infer that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? In this paper, we develop a non …-cooperative model of household decision making to answer this question. We show that when women have lower wages than men, they may … spend more on children, even when they have exactly the same preferences as their husbands. However, this does not …

the affirmative. Specifically, nations with a history of women’s suffrage, greater representation of women in the … underinvesting in initiatives to empower women. …

asymmetric equilibrium featuring household specialization can arise. Examples where the asymmetric equilibrium is welfare …

elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a … easy-to-implement digital intervention has the potential to foster gender equality for young children and can potentially …