We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities … of college education. Women outnumbered men in young rural-urban migrants in the early 2000s, but the surplus of young … women has recently disappeared. We propose that the temporary nature of migration and an earlier return time relative to men …

Little is known about self-employment as a career choice for women who marry a high-income spouse. We show that Swedish … women who are married to a high-income spouse are, on average, highly educated and more likely to pursue self … likelihood of self-employment before and after marriage for women who marry a spouse in the top 1, 0.5 and 0.1 percent to those …

microsimulation model to updated earlier projections of Social Security retirement benefits for married women. Changes in women … earnings. For many of those women, benefits based on their own earnings record will account for most (91–92 percent) of their …

and violence, and the experience of women of color. Part 4 covers gender behavioral differences. Part 5 presents studies … on the experience of women trying to break the glass ceiling, as well as the differential effects of education on boys …

Using the 2008 Turkish National Survey of Domestic Violence against Women (NSDVW) and the 1997 compulsory schooling … women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control behavior that they face from their partners …. The authors also claim that the incidence of financial control behavior rises because women become more likely to be …

Using the 2008 Turkish National Survey of Domestic Violence against Women (NSDVW) and the 1997 compulsory schooling … women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control behavior that they face from their partners …. The authors also claim that the incidence of financial control behavior rises because women become more likely to be …

This study aims to analyze the effect of shelters on domestic violence against women and their mental health status by … using the variation from the EU-supported project of women shelters to fight domestic violence started in 2012 and … women. The estimation results show that the project reduced the probability of physical domestic violence against women …

last decade. Analyzing a very rich nationwide representative survey, we show that relative status of women in terms of … violence. Besides, factors related to marriage setting have a significant role in the effect of women’s superior status on …

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 …

We examine the effect of women’s ownership of, and access to resources (economic autonomy) on their relative decision …-making power in households using an Instrumental Variable/Fixed effects approach. Neighboring women’s exposure to different forms … financial assets rather than physical assets are the main drivers of economic autonomy for women, resulting in changes in their …