Empirical evidence suggests that money in the hands of mothers (as opposed to their husbands) benefits children. Does this observation imply that targeting transfers to women is good economic policy? We develop a series of noncooperative family bargaining models to understand what kind of...

The nineteenth century witnessed dramatic improvements in the legal rights of married women. Given that these changes took place long before women gained the right to vote, they amounted to a voluntary renouncement of power by men. In this paper, we investigate men's incentives for sharing power...

Our paper focuses on the role that the gender composition of the leaders of American colleges and universities- trustees, presidents/chancellors, and provosts/academic vice presidents - plays in influencing the rate at which academic institutions diversify their faculty across gender lines. We...

Das Arbeitsmarktservice (AMS) strebt danach, arbeitslosen Personen die Aussicht auf eine erfolgreiche Arbeitsmarktintegration zu sichern. Dies erfordert oftmals eine intensive Betreuung in Form von Qualifizierungsmaßnahmen. Zudem hat sich das AMS das Ziel gesetzt, mithilfe der...

Das Thema Gleichstellung zwischen den Geschlechtern ist auf Ebene der europäischen Politik seit Ende der sechziger Jahre präsent. Der Bericht gibt einen Überblick über die Entwicklung der Gleichstellungspolitik in der Europäischen Union und weist auf noch vorhandene Defizite hinsichtlich...

This paper assesses the empirical relationship between the liberalization of international trade and the economic status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent country studies find export led growth in middle and low...

Although parents in almost all rich democracies are entitled to some form of paid parenting leave, fathers in particular often do not take all the leave available to them. As employers play an important role in the implementation of parenting leave policies, this article investigates what...