In most of the developed world, skilled women marry at a lower rate than unskilled women. We document heterogeneity … across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … statics of a theoretical model in which the (negative) social attitudes toward working women might contribute to the lower …

show that among women in West Germany the arrival of a child leads to a greater increase in housework and a larger share of … child care responsibilities than among women in the East. A battery of robustness checks confirms that differences between …

household, but has no sizable effect on hours worked. Most of these effects are driven by less educated women. A new … decomposition analysis allows us to estimate that approximately half of the impact on labor force participation is due to women …

household, but has no sizable effect on hours worked. Most of these effects are driven by less educated women. A new … decomposition analysis allows us to estimate that approximately half of the impact on labor force participation is due to women …

household, but has no sizable efficect on hours worked. Most of these effects are driven by less educated women. A new … decomposition analysis allows us to estimate that approximately half of the impact on labor force participation is due to women …

Social norms have been put forward as prominent explanations for the changing labour supply decisions of women. This … decisions, taking into account not only the early socialization of women but also that of their partner. Using large … representative panel data sets from West Germany, results suggest that women with partners who grew up with a working mother are more …

In most of the developed world, skilled women marry at a lower rate than unskilled women. We document heterogeneity … across countries in how the marriage gap for skilled women has evolved over time. As labor market opportunities for women … statics of a theoretical model in which the (negative) social attitudes toward working women might contribute to the lower …