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 …

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

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 …

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 …

Workplace tournaments are one likely contributor to gender differences in labor market outcomes. Relative to men, women … higher wages for the low-ranked. As expected, we find that women are more likely than men to obtain such a safeguard. However …-proportionally disadvantages women. Thus, we provide novel evidence that easing women into tournaments can backfire. …

The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few decades in almost every country in …

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

The role of women in Western societies changed dramatically in the 20th century. We study how political empowerment … affected women's emancipation as reflected in their life choices like marital decisions and labor market participation. The … staggered introduction of female suffrage in Swiss states allows us to exploit the variation in the age women experienced …