While female labor force participation (LFP) in Iran is among the lowest in the world, there is hardly any study on the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the country's female LFP. We find that female LFP decreased during the pandemic years by around 1 percentage point in 2021 and 2022. When...

While female labor force participation (LFP) in Iran is among the lowest in the world, there is hardly any study on the COVID-19 pandemic effects on the country's female LFP. We find that female LFP decreased during the pandemic years by around 1 percentage point in 2021 and 2022. When...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran is often associated with setbacks in women’s empowerment because of increased restrictions on women’s participation in the social and economic life of the country. Yet, in two important respects, rising female education and fertility decline, women’s...

The Islamic Revolution of 1979 in Iran is often associated with setbacks in women’s empowerment because of increased restrictions on women’s participation in the social and economic life of the country. Yet, in two important respects, rising female education and fertility decline, women’s...