countries and whether and how the policies affect women's labor market outcomes, their own and children's health, and child … development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …

WFH being more prevalent among women than among men. Respondents' job traits played a significant role in the gender gap … affecting the WFH tendency for men but not for women. Overall, the gender gap change proves robust to identification checks. In …

impact declines as women's age increases. …

Rates of labor force participation in the US in the second half of the nineteenth century among free women were … exceedingly (and implausibly) low, about 11 percent. This is due, in part, to social perceptions of working women, cultural and … an augmented free female labor force participation rate for 1860. It is calculated by identifying free women (age 16 and …

This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It … among women by nativity, urbanization, and region of the country. While foreign-born and illiterate women were more likely … greater the slave-intensity of the county, the less likely were free women to report having an occupation, particularly as …

Estimated labor force participation rates among free women in the pre-Civil War period were exceedingly low. This is … due, in part, to cultural or societal expectations of the role of women and the lack of thorough enumeration by Census … takers. This paper develops an augmented labor force participation rate for free women in 1860 and compares it with the …

subjective well-being fell dramatically after the BMB, and especially so for women, who are likely more averse to risk; but the …

builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women’s employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … that marriage by the median age reduces the probability of working for women by 47 percent in Jordan, 33 percent in Tunisia … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage …

men and women. Using a cohort-based model of labor force participation for 17 advanced economies estimated over the 1985 … across generations for aggregate labor supply, especially in the case of women. The entry of new cohorts of women led to …