Maternal mortality was the second-leading cause of death for women in childbearing years up until the mid-1930s in the United States. For each death, twenty times as many mothers were estimated to suffer pregnancy-related conditions, often leading to severe and prolonged disablement. Poor...

Employment and participation rates for US prime age women rose steadily during the second half of the 20th century. In the last 30 years, however, those rates stagnated, even as employment and participation rates for women in other industrialized countries continued to rise. I discuss the role...

Examinamos el vínculo entre la evolución del mercado laboral y las nuevas tecnologías —como la inteligencia artificial (IA) y el software— en 16 países europeos durante el período 2011-2019. Usando datos para ocupaciones al nivel de 3 dígitos en Europa, encontramos que, en promedio, el...

We study whether a woman's labor supply as a young adult is shaped by the work behavior of her adolescent peers' mothers. Using detailed information on a sample of U.S. teenagers who are followed over time, we find that labor force participation of high school peers' mothers affects adult...