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 … of widening the gender inequalities in the labor market. While these outcomes point to the threat that Covid-19 poses at …

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 …

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

whether, and to what extent, does the incidence of early marriage shape the married women's perspectives on gender preference … have sharpened over time. The findings of this study underscore the role played by early marriage in altering the gender …-specific attitudes prevalent in the society, and highlight existing gender inequality traps. …

Prior literature analyzing gender differences in commuting has reported that men commute longer distance/time than do … women, and one explanation for this gender gap is based on household responsibilities falling on women. But most of the … literature examining gender differences in commuting has not considered the interdependence that exists between the members of …

own-gender peers who are depressed. We find a significant peer effect for females but not for males. An increase of one … standard deviation of the share of own-gender peers (schoolmates) who are depressed increases the probability of depression in … suggesting that family can function as a buffer. Our findings underscore the importance of peer relationships in adolescence with …

older) who were likely providing informal and unenumerated labor for market production in support of a family business, that … is, unreported family workers. These individuals are identified as not having a reported occupation, but are likely to be … working on the basis of the self-employment occupation of other relatives in their households. Family workers are classified …

Family structure is usually believed to affect children's human capital. Is it possible that causality goes in the … opposite direction? This paper shows that the behavior of family structure variables over the life cycle dramatically changes …