to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more … greater equality is rooted in educational opportunities; and argues that both educational provision, and women's entry into … developing economies. -- elites ; higher education ; women ; development ; economic history ; families …

prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen … timing in women's spike in labor force attachment. Parental assortative mating is also an important factor in both countries …

Workplace tournaments are one likely contributor to gender differences in labor market outcomes. Relative to men, women … higher wages for the low-ranked. As expected, we find that women are more likely than men to obtain such a safeguard. However …-proportionally disadvantages women. Thus, we provide novel evidence that easing women into tournaments can backfire. …

associated with an increase in Japanese women's decision to work by 0.016 percentage points, the equivalent of an increase of 3 ….4% standard deviation. Our measure of non-traditional gender norms is the share of women who disagree with the statement "men … should work outside and women should look after the family". As we conduct a battery of sensitivity analyses and placebo …

networks and improve well-being. We examine family planning access for women in India, who tend to be socially isolated and for … whom peer support may overcome intrahousehold constraints. Enabling women to jointly visit a clinic with other women not …. Moreover, this intervention was more effective in improving reproductive autonomy of women who faced greater intrahousehold …

, and the women worked closer to home. Next, due to the common pool nature of irrigation water, historically irrigation has … involved more frequent warfare. This raised the social status of men and restricted women's movement. These two mechanisms have …

The role of women in Western societies changed dramatically in the 20th century. We study how political empowerment … affected women's emancipation as reflected in their life choices like marital decisions and labor market participation. The … staggered introduction of female suffrage in Swiss states allows us to exploit the variation in the age women experienced …

Do policies and institutions that promote women's economic empowerment have a long-term impact on intimate partner … violence? We address this question by exploiting a natural experiment of history in Cameroon. From the end of WWI until 1961 … regimes opened up divergent economic opportunities for women in an otherwise cul- turally and geographically homogeneous …

Women have historically been overlooked in research on social mobility. In contrast, new research focuses on the … intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … pervasive and could potentially have greater impact in shaping women's labour force participation. The paper concludes with a …

with partnership problems only for older women in cross sections, but for younger ones in fixed-effects specifications. In … superior partnership alternatives for women who out-earn their partners. …