. There is no evidence that the EMP improved economic performance by empowering women, increasing human capital investment … structure ; population growth ; women ; human capital ; culture ; institutions …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare … home. Frontier women were less likely to report “gainful employment,” but among those who did, relatively more had high …-status occupations. Together, these findings integrate contrasting narratives about frontier women—some emphasizing their entrepreneurial …

-generation immigrants, both women and men, from source countries with more gender equality (as measured by the World Economic Forum’s Global …

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