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 …-earners have clear positive impacts on lone mothers' employment and negligible impacts on other groups. While most of this …

Women in developed economies have made major inroads in labor markets throughout the past century, but remaining gender … differences in pay and employment seem remarkably persistent. This paper documents long-run trends in female employment, working …