This paper studies the effect of trade liberalization on an under-explored aspect of wage inequality - gender … gender. A reduction in tariffs induces more productive firms to modernize their technology and enter the export market. New … relative wage and employment of women improves in blue-collar tasks, but not in white-collar tasks. We test our model using a …

Gender differences in health and education are a concern for a number of developing countries. While standard theory … predicts human capital should respond to market returns, social norms (e.g., disapproval of women working outside the home) may … weaken or even sever this link for girls. Though many studies have examined the link between women's wages or labor force …

While a growing body of evidence documents large gender disparities in health care and related social insurance … gender match between doctors and patients on medical evaluations and subsequent social insurance benefits received. Compared …. There is no analogous gender-match effect for male patients. The magnitude of these effects implies that having female …

are women, ii) many women prefer to be treated by a female OB/GYN, iii) only a small portion of OB/GYNs are female. The … but do not entirely close the gender income gap …

Where social norms favor gender segregation, firms may find it costly to employ both men and women. If the costs of …

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 …

household. We conjecture that traditional gender roles expose women and men to different economic signals in their daily lives …, which in turn produce systematic variation in expectations. Using unique data on the contributions of men and women to … household grocery chores, their resulting exposure to price signals, and their inflation expectations, we show that the gender …

Although the gender wage gap in the U.S. has narrowed, women's career trajectories diverge from men's after the birth … these policies. Using the American Time Use Survey, we find that women are less likely than men to have access to any … young women are more likely to have access to specifically designated paid parental leave, even in part-time jobs. Both …

analysis considers various experimental treatments and finds that the existence of gender differences depends crucially on the …

women to that of men. In this study, we use a new approach for analyzing changes in the gender pay gap that uses direct …The closing of the gender wage gap is an ongoing phenomenon in industrialized countries. However, research has been … measures of job tasks and gives a comprehensive characterization of how work for men and women has changed in recent decades …