sector and address high levels of unemployment, particularly among women and the youth. This paper explores how one such … doubled the share of women in treated firms. Importantly, we find that these short-term effects persisted for at least three …

family policies on women's careers and children's wellbeing. There is to date little or no evidence of beneficial effects of …

United States, Kenya, and Uganda. The existing evidence shows consistent positive impacts on school participation in the …

between women's labor force participation and fertility. The economics of fertility has entered a new era because these … some cases reversed, and the cross-country relationship between women's labor force participation and fertility is now … theories is that they view factors that determine the compatibility of women's career and family goals as key drivers of …

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a comparative advantage at violence and there is little rule-of-law, then unequal bargaining power can lead women to … entrepreneurship and rule of law that predicts that women will only start businesses when they have both formal legal protection and … industries with more women, but gender differences are ameliorated when women have access to adjudicating institutions, such as …

". We find that for both men and women the increase in the employment rate coincides with a reduction in the early …

This article discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor market in developing … several specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women's employment. I present examples of policies aimed …