This study shows that entering into a cohabiting partnership leads to long lasting earnings losses for women, even … after accounting for the impact of child penalties. While 2 ⁄3 of the total effect of cohabitation is due to partnered women … having higher fertility than unpartnered women, an income penalty of 5% is directly due to cohabitation, and not due to …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their … mechanism, I provide evidence of increased gender-specialized parenting in families with mixed-sex children. Finally, I find …

setting. Women in British territories benefited from a universal education system and gained opportunities for paid employment … male employment-dominated infrastructure sector. Using a geographical regression discontinuity design, we show that women … quantitatively important: women in former British territories are 30% more likely to be in paid employment than their counterparts in …

fertility pressures on women, which favored late female marriages already in the pre-industrial era. The resulting family and … household patterns placed women into a better position to struggle for more gender equality during the subsequent transitions …-condition predict differences in pre-industrial female marriage ages, which in turn explain differences in gender equality today. The …

relatively high shares of women. The underlying mechanisms include employment gains for women and improvements in women's health …This study on the economics of gender differences examines whether the mining industry acts as a blessing or curse for … women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines …

. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the … to change asymmetrically for women versus men. -- divorce ; labor force participation ; gender gap ; education and skill …Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force …

. The education gender gap was eliminated and married women's LFP averaged 70% over the same ages. In order to evaluate the …Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force … quantitative contributions of the many significant changes in the economic environment, family structure, and social norms that …

sufficiently low gender wage gap), Intermediate-gap couples (with an intermediate gender wage gap) and high-gap couples (with a … sufficiently high gender wage gap). Our model predicts that while egalitarian couples never specialize and always share home … benefits from the agreement and moves the intermediate-gap couples to their outside option where women work more and men do …

related to the relative position of dependent family members in a clan; and (iii) gender inequality in general. Using data for …

related to the relative position of dependent family members in a clan; and (iii) gender inequality in general. Using data for …