During the first half of the twentieth century, many US states enacted laws restricting women's labor market … with male sole earners who compete with women for jobs. We show that the theory's predictions for when protective …

percent working to the disadvantage of women. If we assume that the dominant role in family- and child-care is taken up by the … company characteristics nor by the dominant role of women in care for the household and children and could actually be due to … wage discrimination against women …

We construct a new dataset on the presence of women on central bank monetary policy committees for a set of 103 … countries, over the period 2002-2016. We document an increasing share of women in monetary policy committees, which is mainly … associated with a higher overall presence of women in central banks and less so with other institutional factors or country …

Women are underrepresented in economics. This underrepresentation concerns undergraduates, postgraduates, and tenured … fragmented empirical literature on women's underrepresentation in economics. The model is based on Akerlof's and Kranton's (2002 …) model of identity. The question of whether women's underrepresentation may be suboptimal and a cause for concern is also …

, differences in levels of FLFP across the world related to historical contingencies are much more important determinants of women … comparisons and allow for a direct test of the effect of structural change on women's economic activity. Our results suggest that …

be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad. …