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In many countries, a significant share of the gender earnings gap stems not only from firm's practices, or self … leave, state-funded childcare for young children, extended school hours, and individual taxation. For each, we provide a …
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Social norms are an important barrier to gender convergence. We show that public policy designed to promote gender … equality at home can pave the way towards gender convergence by shaping gender norms in the next generation. We combine the … difference-in-differences approach, we show that children born after the policy change exhibit more gender egalitarian attitudes …
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In this paper, we evaluate the effects of free pre-kindergarten (pre-K) programs on the labor force participation (LFP) of mothers. We use variation in pre-K rules across all US states, including income eligibility requirements in some states. To estimate the causal effects of access to pre-K on...
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substantially improves intra-household gender equality in terms of child care duties and earnings. …
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and promotions. No reform affected fathers' pay or the gender pay gaps between mothers and their male colleagues and …
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substantially improves intra-household gender equality in terms of child care duties and earnings. …
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substantially improves intra-household gender equality in terms of child care duties and earnings. …
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and promotions. No reform affected fathers' pay or the gender pay gaps between mothers and their male colleagues and …
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substantially improves intra-household gender equality in terms of child care duties and earnings. …
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promotes gender equality among families with lower socioeconomic status (SES). Our intervention offers information and … care centers, but also by an increase in care hours by fathers. Gender equality also benefits more broadly from better … access to child care: The treatment improves a gender equality index that combines information on intra-household division of …
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