We study the effects of government-subsidized childcare on women's careers and firm outcomes using linked tax filing … women's career progression and the allocation of human capital in the labor market …

. We first find that women have significantly lower promotion rates than men across all ranks of the corporate hierarchy … positive gender spillovers across ranks (flowing from higher-ranking to lower-ranking women) but negative spillovers within … women in lowers ranks …

Women remain disadvantaged in access to management positions around the world. We conduct a field experiment with 24 … large garment factories in Bangladesh to test for inefficient representation of women among line supervisors. We identify … factories at baseline. This suggests that factories previously promoted fewer women than would have been optimal. Additional …

Black women in current cohorts ages 50 to 72 years have lower employment than similar white women, despite having had … higher employment when they were middle-aged and younger. Earlier cohorts of older black women also worked more than their … white counterparts. Although it is not surprising that white women's employment should catch up to that of black women given …

Black women were more likely than white women to participate in the labor force from 1870 until at least 1980 and to … stigma associated with women's work, which Goldin (1977) suggested could be traced to cultural norms rooted in slavery. In …