degree of specialization in more narrowly defined household tasks from the 2001-2019 waves of the Household, Income and …

We examine changes in the gender gap in working from home (WFH) in response to the unanticipated first wave of the … COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, we find a non-negligible widening of the gender gap with … WFH being more prevalent among women than among men. Respondents' job traits played a significant role in the gender gap …

Marriage is a central stage in the transition to adulthood in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). This paper … builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women’s employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … types of work are affected by early marriage (defined as marriage by the median age of marriage) in a multivariate setting …

, pointing to the marriage-biased and gender-biased taxbenefit structures in the analysed countries. Our results suggest that … of marriage-related tax-benefit instruments on the labour supply of married couples. For each married partner, we … estimate their individual marginal effective tax rate and net replacement rate before and after marriage. We show that the …

deals with gender equality. The findings of the study highlight the close links present between child marriage, poverty and …Child marriage is still widespread in countries across the Indian Subcontinent. The practice has important consequences … for the health and well-being of the woman and the child. In this study, we examine the incidence of child marriage in …

participate in paid work than men. Oaxaca decomposition of the gender gap confirms that most of it (i.e. 95%) is unexplained by … current work participation and purdah norm in natal household is insignificant confirming that the result is not driven by … robust to controls for the influence of co-resident inlaws, household structure, marital status, and a wide range of …