study the design and effectiveness of three commonly used policies. We find that child care subsidies and women quotas can …

This paper discusses research on the relationship between fertility and women's labour force participation. It surveys … importance of distinguishing between extensive and intensive margin changes in both variables; consideration not only of women … of analysing changes across the lifecycle and across successive cohorts; and of recognizing that women's choices over …

happens once women complete a STEM degree? We use the UK Quarterly Labour Force Survey to trace out gender differences in STEM … persistence over the career. We find a continuous process whereby women are more likely to exit STEM than men. Among holders of … STEM undergraduate degrees, women are more likely to obtain a non- STEM master's degree. Then, after entering the labour …

We investigate how academic promotions affect the propensity of women to have a child. We use administrative data on …

Men are generally found to be more willing to compete than women and there is growing evidence that willingness to …