economic growth, education, and social norms. Looking more broadly at improving women's access to quality employment, a …

, and persistent gender norms and values. We find that differences in levels are heavily affected by long …

. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies … well as how gender norms differ substantially across societies at the same level of economic development. I then discuss in …

characterized by high levels of gender inequality which is partly due to long working hours, a significant gender gap in earnings …, yet also to traditional gender roles maintained until today. Therefore, post-marriage labor force participation rates for … strong gender-specific effects how working hours affect family happiness. Controlling for household income, wives report …

investigates the role of natives' gender norms in the labor market integration of female immigrants. To analyze the role of natives …' gender norms, we exploit intertemporal, interregional, and age-specific variation in female-to-male labor force participation … finding is due to the cultural assimilation of female immigrants to native women's gender norms, and not the result of …

male applications compared to inflexible jobs. Our findings have important implications for explaining gender differences …

Despite rapidly rising female educational attainment and the closing if not reversal of the gender gap in education …, Jordan and Tunisia - is constrained by adverse developments in the structure of employment opportunities on the demand side …. Specifically, we argue that the contraction in public sector employment opportunities has not been made up by a commensurate …