We develop a framework for quantifying barriers to labor force participation (LFP) and entrepreneurship faced by women … women entrepreneurs. However, there is one area in which female entrepreneurs have an advantage: the hiring of female …. Counterfactual simulations indicate that removing all excess barriers faced by women entrepreneurs would substantially increase the …

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 …

arbitrary division of ancestral ethnic homelands across countries with different legal origins, we directly compare women among … the same ethnic group living in civil law countries and common law countries. We find that, on average, women in common … norms do not promote women’s rights and empowerment. In particular, we find little effect in bride price societies …

The supply of women into senior management has changed little despite well-intentioned efforts. We argue that the … biggest effect is from supply-side factors that inhibit females' decision to enter competitions: Women are under …-confident about winning, men are over-confident; women are more risk averse than men in some settings; and, most importantly, women …

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 …

pollution generated by coal fueled power units on the anemic status of children and women in India. We show that among very … among adult women. Impacts on anemic status are driven by the growth of PM2.5 pollution attributable to emissions from coal …

This paper reviews international evidence regarding women's homelessness. It discusses different definitions of … homelessness and how women are frequently part of the "hidden homeless" population and less a part of the unsheltered homeless … consequences of women's homelessness, including the consequences for children, and the material and psychological coping strategies …

of women's fertility on their human capital accumulation. We find that the curvature in the wage profile is determined …. We estimate that the difference in wages among prime age women would be approximately 3% higher if the relationship …