young Black women's behaviors. Combining data from the BJS and the CPS to match incarceration rates with individual … women's school attainment and early employment. The evidence in support of a negative impact of Black-male incarceration on … presumably minor offenders, provide germane estimates of the impact of male incarceration on women's decisions …

, and by age 22 significantly more women than men have completed high school or tertiary education. From an early age, both … women and men undertake a lot of unpaid labour for their households that tends to be highly gendered, and women's work is … uncounted in the current System of National Accounts definition of labour. However, women still undertake less paid work than …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment—sibling sex composition—affects women’s gender conformity … first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their choice …

This paper examines the impact of counter-stereotypical female role models on women's labor supply and occupational …-stereotypical female role models based on the fraction of local survey respondents who admire famous women in business, politics, or … science. We show that the presence of counter-stereotypical female role models is associated with more women participating in …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their …

Programs that increase the economic capacity of poor women can have cascading effects on children's participation in … providing capital and training to women in poor rural communities in Nicaragua affected children. Children in beneficiary … households are more likely to attend school one year after the end of the intervention. An increase in women's influence on …

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 …