and women who do not become parents. …

lifecycle and between cohorts. We observe women who never have children beginning to out earn women who will have children … gap between mothers and non-mothers declines from around $220,000 for women born in the late 1940s to around $160,000 for … women born in the late 1960s. Over 80% of the change in this gap can be explained by variables in our model, with changes in …

The cohorts of women born at the turn of the 20th century increased markedly their participation in the labor market … between their work behavior and the Great Depression. We show that the 1929 Crash attracted young women 15 to 34 years old in …

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 …