This paper analyzes the occupational status and distribution of free women in the antebellum United States. It … among women by nativity, urbanization, and region of the country. While foreign-born and illiterate women were more likely … greater the slave-intensity of the county, the less likely were free women to report having an occupation, particularly as …

prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen … timing in women's spike in labor force attachment. Parental assortative mating is also an important factor in both countries …

Why aren't workplaces better designed for women? We show that changing the priorities of those who set workplace … policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements …

This paper examines the impact of manufacturing employment on women's health and decision-making power within … households in Lesotho. Under the US African Growth and Opportunity Act of 2000, the employment of women in ready-made garment … opportunities. Women residing closer to the industrial zones were particularly affected. These changes are exploited for …

Twenty-six states require that women seeking an abortion wait between 18 and 72 hours after receipt of counseling … and more significantly, required that women receive the counseling in person. We use a regression discontinuity design to …. Abortion rates fell 17 percent among all women, but 22 percent among white non-Hispanics and 14 percent among black non …

This paper studies the effect of female political representation on violence against women. Using a Regression …

evidence suggest that it may be problematic for women to reach a white-collar high skill job, also in the more protected public … periods of up to 20 years (for Egypt), we examine the evolution of the glass ceiling problem for women resorting to the …

In much of the developing world, cooking accounts for most of women's time in home production. Does reliance on biomass … nudges towards cleaner energy use at home are unlikely to generate transformative shifts in women's home production time …

With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the … was partly explained by the drastic increases in the school attainment of women, the reduction in fertility and the … show that social norms, attitudes towards women in the society and public policies are important determinants of these …