more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … face of higher migration costs, only immigrants with relatively high expected benefits of migration will choose to migrate … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older …

Why aren't workplaces better designed for women? We show that changing the priorities of those who set workplace … policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements …

In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and … among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra year of schooling is almost zero for men and 3.8 percent for women. The … reasons why the returns on schooling are low and why they are higher for women in our context. In particular, the policy …

Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be … because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at …. Using matched employer-employee data from 2013-14, the paper finds that the women-don't-ask account is incorrect. Once an …

This paper analyzes the consequences of the spacing of births for women's subsequent labor income and wages. Spacing … births in longer intervals may allow women to re-enter the labor market between childbearing events, thereby avoiding … income over a long time period after second birth. Also long-run wages are positively affected, with a more pronounced effect …

This paper studies the causal effect of the timing of first birth on highly educated women's career outcomes using … findings, my results suggest that a one-year delay has a significantly negative effect on both income and wages. The negative … effects might partly be explained by child spacing; motherhood delay induces women to have the second child more closely …

vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … wages. However, in some countries where labor markets are characterized by employment growth, skill shortages and a good … the wages of various sub-sections of the labor force, in particular of minorities and disadvantaged groups. In this paper …

differences for education between men and women, documenting a significantly larger premium for women. This sharp distinction is … causal as demonstrated by analysis of the compulsory schooling law. Recent bans on women's education and employment are … projected to have significant negative impacts on women's future schooling, wage growth, and national income growth. …

differences for education between men and women, documenting a significantly larger premium for women. This sharp distinction is … causal as demonstrated by analysis of the compulsory schooling law. Recent bans on women's education and employment are … projected to have significant negative impacts on women's future schooling, wage growth, and national income growth. …

vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … wages. However, in some countries where labor markets are characterized by employment growth, skill shortages and a good … the wages of various subsections of the labor force, in particular of minorities and disadvantaged groups. In this paper …