gender norms on fertility and economic growth to explain the phenomena recently observed across high-income countries. To … this end, we construct an overlapping generations model with endogenous fertility and labor supply, incorporating gender … norms and R&D activities. We demonstrate that conventional gender norms can impede fertility and economic growth …

In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … controlling for other factors that affect female businesses uniformly across all markets. We provide evidence that gender … inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …

This paper examines how culture impacts within-couple gender inequality. Exploiting the setting of Germany's division … and reunification, I compare child penalties of East Germans who were socialised in a more gender egalitarian culture to … West Germans socialised in a gender-traditional culture. Using a household panel, I show that the long-run child penalty on …

In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … controlling for other factors that affect female businesses uniformly across all markets. We provide evidence that gender … inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …

, meaning that intra-household gender gaps in labor supply may reflect both gender norms and earning status. I use a novel … identification approach to disentangle the role of gender norms in intra-household labor supply by estimating collective labor supply … bounds showing that gender norms significantly increase the weight placed on women's utility by 1.1-5.1%, leading to lower …

, respiratory difficulties, depression and anxiety, fatigue and insomnia. We then proxy social norms by the gender structure of the … gender environments play an important role in explaining differences in health-reporting behaviours across gender, at least …

We investigate the impact of male-female conflict over gender norms on marital outcomes. As marriage requires mutual … with similar gender norms will face a lower chance of marrying. Even if two parties marry despite a difference in gender … without gender norm conflict. Finally, we predict that in the presence of gender norm conflict, high-skilled individuals may …

interest from suitors relative to those in 'feminine' occupations. Our results highlight the strong effect of gender norms and … traditional gender norms. These findings suggest that expectations regarding returns in the marriage market may influence women …