There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …-generation immigrants, both women and men, from source countries with more gender equality (as measured by the World Economic Forum's Global …

There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for … gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In …-generation immigrants, both women and men, from source countries with more gender equality (as measured by the World Economic Forum’s Global …

(CPFL) on women's employment, earnings, and childbearing. A regression-discontinuity design exploits the sharp increase in … the weeks of paid leave available under the law. We find no evidence that CPFL increased employment, boosted earnings, or … encouraged childbearing, suggesting that CPFL had little effect on the gender pay gap or child penalty. For first-time mothers …