women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … employment: whereas in high-income economies reduced employment in contact-intensive services had a large impact on women, this … sector plays a minor role in low-income countries. Another difference is that women's employment rebounded much more quickly …

women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial … variation in the occurrence of mineral deposits across districts. Results indicate that women's outcomes improve in the vicinity …

This paper offers an evaluation of a supported women's self help program with over 1.5 million participants in one of … capabilities across a range of dimensions are then developed for some 6000 women and used to estimate a number of propensity score …-strand programs can help to explain the paradox as to why nearly 100 million women (in India alone) have participated in self help …

We investigate how different forms of scrutiny affect dishonesty, using Gneezy's (2005) deception game. We add a third … sender's lies to the receiver also do not affect lying behavior. Even more striking, senders whose identity is revealed to …

regression discontinuity estimator based on children's birth months, we find a sizable effect of childcare attendance on women … attendance differ by women's characteristics and are particularly strong for younger, more educated women. Furthermore, we also …

schooling, and how that affects subsequent labour market outcomes of men and women. Using a nationally representative …

labour force participation of women, without reducing the fertility rate, is needed. In the year 2000, with the aim of … increasing women's labour market participation, a partial individualisation of the Irish income tax system was initiated. Using … on female labour supply and caring duties. I find that the labour force participation rate of married women increased by …

Across countries, women and men allocate time differently between market work, domestic services, and care work. In … women plays a crucial role in generating the observed dispersion of outcomes, particularly for middle-income countries …

-selection into lower productivity jobs, but also from a lower participation among women. Inactivity around the age of motherhood is … market, as well as future earnings and promotions. In this paper, we discuss the major barriers reducing women's labor force …