-nurture interplay becomes stronger in more egalitarian environments that empower women, allowing genes to express themselves more fully …

Son preference is widespread in a number of developing countries. Anecdotal evidence suggests that women may contribute …

We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities … of college education. Women outnumbered men in young rural-urban migrants in the early 2000s, but the surplus of young … women has recently disappeared. We propose that the temporary nature of migration and an earlier return time relative to men …

prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen … timing in women's spike in labor force attachment. Parental assortative mating is also an important factor in both countries …

While it is well-acknowledged that the gendered division of labor within marriage adversely affects women's allocation … of time to market work, there is less evidence on how extant social norms can influence women's work choices pre … partner selection in India. We find that employed women are 14.5% less likely to receive interest from male suitors relative …

This paper analyzes the effect of a woman's electoral victory on women's subsequent political participation. Using the … regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … subsequent election. This stems mainly from an increased probability that previous women candidates contest again, an important …

women, who constitute a growing part of the U.S. labor force, are disproportionately represented in minimum wage jobs and … that low-educated Hispanic women likely affected by minimum wage increases experience any changes in health status, access …

Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction … of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also … decline made feasible by the introduction of antibiotics was significantly greater in states that had longer exposure to women …