We study the impact of the integration of women in US policing between the late 1970s and early 1990s on violent crime … victimization data reveal that as female representation increases among officers in an area, violent crimes against women in that …

We study the impact of the integration of women in US policing between the late 1970s and early 1990s on violent crime … against women in that area, and especially domestic violence, are reported to the police at significantly higher rates. There …

How does women's empowerment affect fertility and children’s education? In a dramatic revolution, U.S. states gave … economic rights to married women between 1850-1920. Prior to this "women's liberation," married women were subject to the laws … of coverture, which granted the husband virtually unlimited power of the purse within the household. Women’s legal …

.g. self-employment, no migration background, inheritances, high income) that decrease the wealth gap for women increase it for …While most studies on wealth inequality focus on the inequality between households, this paper examines the … distribution of wealth within couples. For this purpose, we make use of unique individual level micro data from the German Socio …