Why aren't workplaces better designed for women? We show that changing the priorities of those who set workplace … policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements …

Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be … because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at …. Using matched employer-employee data from 2013-14, the paper finds that the women-don't-ask account is incorrect. Once an …

This paper analyzes the consequences of the spacing of births for women's subsequent labor income and wages. Spacing … births in longer intervals may allow women to re-enter the labor market between childbearing events, thereby avoiding … income over a long time period after second birth. Also long-run wages are positively affected, with a more pronounced effect …

This paper studies the causal effect of the timing of first birth on highly educated women's career outcomes using … findings, my results suggest that a one-year delay has a significantly negative effect on both income and wages. The negative … effects might partly be explained by child spacing; motherhood delay induces women to have the second child more closely …

and around the time that temporary disability insurance benefits are exhausted for women - is consistent with causal … life and possibly also on wages. …

This study investigates whether and when during the life cycle women fall behind in terms of career progression because … establishment as well as in combination with an establishment change. Women with children are 1.6 percentage points less likely … promoted than women without children; this is what we refer to as the family gap in climbing the career. We find that mothers …

husbands' careers is better-explained by the segregation of women into geographically-dispersed occupations rather than by the … direct prioritization of men's careers. Among never-married workers, women relocate for work less-often than men and the …

I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment - sibling gender composition - affects women … estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. The results show that women with …

I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment - sibling gender composition - affects women … estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. The results show that women with …

I examine how one central aspect of the childhood family environment – sibling gender composition – affects women … estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. The results show that women with …