I study the effect of passive institutional ownership on the horizon of CEO pay. A one-standard-deviation increase in passive ownership leads to a 0.46-standard-deviation increase in the compensation duration. I find evidence of proxy voting by passive investors as the channels through which...

This paper estimates the causal impact of maternal employment on several childhood malnutrition outcomes in Ecuador, to understand the trade-off between the time mothers devote to work and child-caring activities. We use exogenous regional variation in maternal labour market conditions to...