participation using 70 censuses from 36 countries in 1990–2010. We document a strong relationship between the gender wage gap and … the size of the motherhood penalty. The penalty is smallest in countries with small gender wage gaps. Both cross- and … within-country relationships between motherhood penalty and gender wage gap remain strong and negative even when we condition …

obtain formal employment while women diverge to the informal sector, which creates gender inequality. The challenge at hand … is how to make more gender sensitive policies that take into account related reproductive rights of women workers and the …

Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and … women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in … caused a sharp increase in the take-up of parental leave by fathers, has changed the attitudes towards gender roles in the …

Social norms and attitudes towards gender roles have been shown to have a large effect on economic outcomes of men and … women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in … caused a sharp increase in the take-up of parental leave by fathers, has changed the attitudes towards gender roles in the …

, was successful in reducing gender disparity in graduate education. I find a sharp convergence of female and male graduate … does not seem to be driven by gender-specific preferences. Alternative explanations including the end of the Vietnam War …

under-invest in outcomes for their female children. Linking the gender composition of children in Indian households to their … in this paper provide a new first stage association between gender composition of children and sanitation behavior and …

This paper considers a simple model of self-fulfilling expectations that leads to a multiple equilibrium of gender gaps … no gaps is feasible. We examine the effects of gender-based and gender-neutral subsidies and find that the latter are …

This paper studies the effects of Covid-19 related daycare and school closures on gender role attitudes toward maternal … the pandemic. Using data on gender role attitudes from 2008 through 2021, we find that fathers’ egalitarian attitudes … trends toward more egalitarian gender roles. …