Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women’s careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …

Generous government-mandated parental leave is generally viewed as an effective policy to support women's careers … around childbirth. But does it help women to reach top positions in the upper pay echelon of their firms? Using longitudinal … that expanded paid leave from 30 weeks in 1989 to 52 weeks in 1993. The representation of women in top positions has only …

the separate effects of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and improved contraception on female education …, employment, and timing of first births after World War II. We find that the diffusion of the pill might have played an important …

differential effects of women's ability and charm on female match incentives. We use these results to assess the separate impacts … of the arrival of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and the advent of the contraceptive pill on female …

minorities and women may be more likely to be on fixed-term contracts than comparable white males. Using three different British … the degree to which women and/or ethnic minorities are more likely to be on temporary contracts and estimate any …