This paper reviews the literature on the relationship between gender (in)equality and industrialization in the context … current differences in gender roles across societies. Moreover, it discusses the main drivers of the relationship between … gender equality, economic development and structural change with a focus on the mechanisms driving this complex relationship …

This paper uses unique firm-level panel data from Japan and provides new evidence on the possible impact on gender … (WLB) practices that are developed in part to enhance gender equality as well as performance-related pay (PRP) that is one … period part-time work is found to result in a decrease in the proportion of female directors (or exacerbating gender …

Papal States gender inequality was particularly severe, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany experienced a relatively stronger female …

's impact on the labor market. Another notable finding is the central role of telecommuting: gender gaps in the employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … childcare and experienced greater productivity reductions than men. We discuss what our findings imply for gender equality in a …

The so-called "gender-equality paradox" is the fact that gender segregation across occupations is more pronounced in … or intrinsic gender differences in preferences that materialize more easily in countries where economic constraints are …-country differences in essentialist gender norms regarding math aptitudes and appropriate occupational choices. To this aim, we propose a …

macroeconomic model featuring heterogeneity in gender, marital status, childcare needs, and human capital. Our quantitative analysis … within-household insurance; ii) result in a widening of the gender wage gap throughout the recovery; and iii) contribute to a … weakening of the gender norms that currently produce a lopsided distribution of the division of labor in home work and childcare. …

While education and labor force participation of women have been increased, there is still a substantial gender gap in … and gender equality. We address this question by examining the influence of works councils on the gender policies of …

's earnings and career prospects. Hence, it is important to understand how people's gender role attitudes are formed and evolve …

Social norms are an important barrier to gender convergence. We show that public policy designed to promote gender … equality at home can pave the way towards gender convergence by shaping gender norms in the next generation. We combine the … difference-in-differences approach, we show that children born after the policy change exhibit more gender egalitarian attitudes …