whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … in perpetuating disproportionate preference for boys. Women who married before turning 18 not only state a greater desire … with 7.7 - 12.5% higher incidence of fertility discontinuation among women without a son. This son-preferring behaviour is …

further deepened existing inequalities along several dimensions, including gender. Increasing gender inequalities in paid and … unpaid work has been a primary outcome of the pandemic and the associated economic crisis. Given the disproportionate gender … division of labor, women were foremost in bearing the brunt of the increased demands on unpaid care work under the lockdown …

While education and labor force participation of women have been increased, there is still a substantial gender gap in … labor market opportunities. This gives rise to the question of what factors lead employers to promote work-family balance … and gender equality. We address this question by examining the influence of works councils on the gender policies of …

"Going Solo" and is particularly evident among women who are the focus of our study. In this paper we investigate the …

, and the women worked closer to home. Next, due to the common pool nature of irrigation water, historically irrigation has … involved more frequent warfare. This raised the social status of men and restricted women's movement. These two mechanisms have …

state of residence. Overall, the results suggest that policies that aim to increase women's education and promote gender …-in-law's presence consistently diminishes the daughter-in-law's engagement in paid work and increases both women's time spent on …

separation or divorce. Yet, the results are entirely gender specific. When husbands earn performance pay, no association with …

We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days … Accidents at Work for 2011-2019, we found that women presented longer standard durations (i.e., purely attached to physiological …, we found that women were more inefficient at lower levels of income, whereas in case of men, this occurred at higher …