This paper studies the link between gender-biased technological change in the agricultural sector and structural …-level data from the Census of Agriculture, we show that the adoption of milking machines triggered a process of structural … the gender division of labor in the agricultural sector. We also quantify significant inter-generational effects of this …

Climate change has increased rainfall uncertainty, leading to greater production risks in agriculture. We examine the … gender-differentiated labor impacts of droughts resulting from lower precipitation using unique individual-level panel data … explained by social costs emanating from gender norms that constrain women's access to non-farm work opportunities. The results …

Uganda National Household Survey by adopting a Tobit-hybrid model.Our results show that gender differentials in the intra …

This paper explores how non-college occupations contributed to the gender gap in college enrollment, where women …

, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …

source of gender inequality. Among other factors, natural shocks can contribute to the widening of these differences. This …

gender division of labor and the evolution and persistence of gender norms. We find that, consistent with existing hypotheses …, the descendants of societies that traditionally practiced plough agriculture, today have lower rates of female … favoring gender inequality. We identify the causal impact of traditional plough use by exploiting variation in the historical …