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household work. These gender inequalities are accompanied by weaker political participation among women. While the historical …
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We study the dynamic relationship between women's intra-household reputation and investment decisions. We consider … household investments delegated to the wife in settings where wives perceived to be savvy investors by their husbands are …---we call this the intra-household sunk cost effect. These dynamics have important implications for women's well-being as well …
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Using comparable data for 24 countries since the 1970s, we document gender convergence in schooling, employment and earnings, marriage delay and the accompanying decline in fertility, and the large remaining gaps in labor market outcomes, especially among parents. A model of time allocation...
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-skilled women, are disproportionately represented in the household services sector, a global phenomenon that is seen to some extent … in most regions. A simple time-use model suggests that by lowering the price of market-provided household services …, immigrant workers allow high-skilled native women to reduce their unpaid household production and increase their participation …
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A large body of evidence documents a link between alcohol consumption and violence involving intimate partners and close family members. Recent scholarship suggests that since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders, there has been a marked increase in domestic...
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We study the role of marriage for women's intergenerational mobility during the Ming-Qing (1368-1911) period. Using status information based on the timing of marriage from family histories in Central China, already in the early 1500s it is the case that daughters from rich families attain higher...
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