The purpose of this paper is to study the joint determination of gender differentials in labor market outcomes and in … amplify differences in earnings due to gender differentials in home hours. In turn, earnings differentials reinforce the …

We examine causes and consequences of relative income within households. We establish that gender identity - in … their marriage and are more likely to divorce. Finally, based on time use surveys, the gender gap in non-market work is …

Gender-Based Taxation (GBT) satisfies Ramsey's rule of optimality because it taxes at a lower rate the more elastic … labor supply of women. This holds when different elasticities between men and women are taken as exogenous. We study GBT in … family. We explore the cases of superior bargaining power for men, higher men wages and higher women productivity in home …

differential between violent crime cases with female versus male victims. The inclusion of women also increased the likelihood of … jurors on the seated jury sharply increased conviction rates for violent crimes against women versus men …

Can greater control over earned income incentivize women to work and influence gender norms? In collaboration with … private sectors. In the long run, gender norms liberalized: women who received direct deposit and training became more … Indian government partners, we provided rural women with individual bank accounts and randomly varied whether their wages …

The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Africa. We have … conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in …

cannot fully account for sex differences in survival. We document “stylized facts” about SDIM with which any theory will have …

) suggested that hepatitis B could explain a large share { approximately 50% { of Asia's \missing women". Subsequent work has … ratios. To test this, we collected data on the offspring gender for a cohort of 67,000 people in China who are being observed …

In contrast to less-skilled men, less-skilled women have experienced growing labor force involvement and moderate wage … increases. Compared to more-skilled women, less-skilled women have fallen behind. We investigated the reasons behind these …, from 1979-2004. We find that less-skilled women have found themselves in an 'intermediate' place in the labor market. Like …

This paper summarizes research on gender differences in economic settings. I discuss gender differences in attitudes … toward competition, altruism and the closely related issue of cooperation, and risk preferences. While gender differences in …. Surprisingly, the results are also quite mixed when concerning gender differences in risk attitudes. I discuss the external …