Forty years ago, a generation of American women embarked on careers they had never anticipated, knowing almost nothing … is raging about women's progress, what they can do, what they should do, what hinders them and what remedies to try. We … have excellent scholarship on many of these issues, but precious little on what women's careers actually look like in the …

Women's weak bargaining power against spouses can be a hurdle to their entrepreneurship opportunities. By utilizing the … divorce laws give women stronger bargaining power. This effect mainly comes from an increase in survival rate by existing … business owners. The results are more pronounced for the more entrepreneurial-type of occupations, and among women who ex ante …

This paper investigates career choices of women who marry high-income men. We find that women married to men in the top … welfare state where work is the norm for women, self-employment offers a way to avoid the stay-at-home stigma. It allows one …