This paper builds a world atlas of child penalties in employment based on micro data from 134 countries. The estimation … different regions of the world. The fraction of gender inequality explained by child penalties varies systematically with … minuscule fraction of gender inequality. But as economies develop -- incomes rise and the labor market transitions from …

, sociologists and the general public believe that women work more. The widespread average equality does not arise from gender … Surveys and sets of microeconomic data from Australia and Germany. -- time use ; gender differences ; household production …

younger people; between developed and developing countries; and by other demographic characteristics such as gender, marital …

's impact on the labor market. Another notable finding is the central role of telecommuting: gender gaps in the employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … childcare and experienced greater productivity reductions than men. We discuss what our findings imply for gender equality in a …