stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender … names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite …

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 …

particular implications for women's time use. In this paper, we document that current patterns of female time use in home … about women's time use in Africa. First, in North Africa, women spend very few hours in market work and female labor force … participation overall is extremely low. Second, although extensive margin participation of women is high in sub-Saharan Africa …

believe that women perform more total work. The facts do not arise from gender differences in the price of time (as measured … northern countries on four continents, including the United States, there is no difference -- men and women do the same amount … by market wages), as women's total work is further below men's where their relative wages are lower. Additional tests …

Using comparable data for 24 countries since the 1970s, we document gender convergence in schooling, employment and … family policies on women's careers and children's wellbeing. There is to date little or no evidence of beneficial effects of … changes, family policies and gender equality …

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 …

Women enter retirement having spent fewer years in market work, earned less over their lifetimes, and worked in … many women end up with lower levels of retirement income in old age. We use the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), which … largely between nonmarried men and women. Multivariate models show that 85 percent of this retirement income gap can be …

Although women earn approximately 50 percent of science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) bachelor's degrees …, more than 70 percent of scientists and engineers are men. We explore a potential determinant of this STEM gender gap using …