reversal of the gender gap in college attendance beginning in the 1980s (Goldin, Katz and Kuziemko 2006), making girls more … countries have lower values of the World Economic Forum's Gender Equity Index, or lower female labor force participation rates …

children. They were more likely to remain in the labour force and had higher rates at which they entered it. While more likely …

fertility, human capital and work orientation of immigrants to their US-born children. We find that second-generation women …

when we control for wage offers and family formation decisions, as well as when we control for the emigration rate from the … supply, a result that suggests that the female findings reflect notions of gender roles rather than overall work orientation …. Findings for another indicator of traditional gender roles, source country fertility rates, are broadly similar, with …

fertility, human capital and work orientation of immigrants to their US-born children. We find that second-generation women …

when we control for wage offers and family formation decisions, as well as when we control for the emigration rate from the … supply, a result that suggests that the female findings reflect notions of gender roles rather than overall work orientation …. Findings for another indicator of traditional gender roles, source country fertility rates, are broadly similar, with …

find considerable evidence that immigrant source country gender roles influence immigrant and second generation women …

, particularly for second-generation men with children. Our findings suggest that broader cultural factors do influence the gender …There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …

parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support … welfare reforms might have on divorced parents and their children. Such adverse effects may arise because an increase in the …

parents and the well-being of children in single-parent households. Noncustodial parents choose the level of a child support … welfare reforms might have on divorced parents and their children. Such adverse effects may arise because an increase in the …