employment-to-population ratio among prime-age US women declines by 1.1 percentage points, whereas male employment rises; women …--and corresponding lapses in implicit childcare--provide a unifying explanation for these patterns. The summer drop in female employment … allocation and gender differences within job types in the propensity to exit employment over the summer. Women's summer work …

Employment and participation rates for US prime age women rose steadily during the second half of the 20th century. In … the last 30 years, however, those rates stagnated, even as employment and participation rates for women in other … barriers, such as limited investment in family policies, that may be holding back employment among American women today. The …

percentage points higher employment rates after one year compared with a control group offered only help with an immediate need … services affect areas beyond employment, even when other areas of life are participants' primary goals. We find some evidence …

markdowns without lowering output or employment. Consistent with the presence of monopsony power, we observe large markdowns for …