Delecourt, Solène; Fitzpatrick, Anne - 2021
gendered constraint for these businesses: childcare. We collect field data through unannounced visits to a sample of micro … buyers (i.e., mystery shoppers). We document that childcare duties in businesses are highly gendered: 37% of female owners … bring small children to work, compared with 0% of men. Childcare duties are correlated with a “baby-profit gap,” as …