reversal of the gender gap in college attendance beginning in the 1980s (Goldin, Katz and Kuziemko 2006), making girls more … countries have lower values of the World Economic Forum's Gender Equity Index, or lower female labor force participation rates …

more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older … and highly educated undocumented immigrant women relative to men; 2) A change in the skill composition of immigrant women …

women. Using the November Current Population Surveys with the added Voting and Registration Supplement for the years 1990 … reform on women's voting registration and voting participation during the period during which welfare reform unfolded. We …

Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and …

Sex ratios, i.e., relative numbers of men and women, can affect marriage prospects, labor force participation, and …

Gary Becker's contributions to the economics of the family, religious affiliation is seen to affect these outcomes because …

the family tree structure of the PSID to examine two claims found in the literature: whether being early in the birth … family fixed effects estimations, we find that being first-born confers a significant educational advantage that persists … when considering earnings; being last-born confers none. -- birth order ; family size ; education …