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 …, and difficulty in identifying which of several mechanisms (returns, bargaining power, income, etc.) link the two. To …

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 …, and difficulty in identifying which of several mechanisms (returns, bargaining power, income, etc.) link the two. To …

Between mid-1939 and mid-1943 almost 2.2 million additional women were recruited into Britain's essential war … industries. These consisted, predominantly, of young women recruited into metal and chemical industries. Much of the increased … of Engagement Order whereby women between the ages of 18 and 40 who either entered the labour market or who changed …

We study the effect of permanent income innovations on health for a prime-aged population. Using information on more … aggregate data by date-of-birth cohort to construct a 'synthetic cohort' dataset with details of income, expenditure, socio … incomes over the eighties and nineties to uncover causal effects of permanent income shocks on health. We find that such …