cross-nationally variations in parents' employment patterns. We use these three arguments to develop our own models of work …We distinguish between overall employment rates and full-time employment rates among men and women, and examine total … household employment hours for heterosexually partnered men and women, as well as women's share in total household employment …

This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it affects women … Women, Business and the Law database, the paper documents large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with regard … to equal pay and treatment of parenthood. The paper finds positive associations between improvements in the law and …

market outcomes. There has been no progress in shrinking the gender employment gap since 2009, and women, particularly … the age of eligibility for public pensions to life expectancy would boost growth by increasing employment of older … labour market spending have the potential to increase employment. …