Using data across countries and over time we show that women are unhappier than men in unhappiness and negative affect … days with bad mental health and more restless sleep. Women are also less satisfied with many aspects of their lives such as … reveal that women's happiness was more adversely affected by the COVID shock than men's, but also that women's happiness …

This paper deals with the effects of labor and transfer incomes as determinants of older women's labor force … participation. It examines the responsiveness of women aged 48-62 to the level of income available from both work and public … of disability-related transfers affects the labor supply of these women. A maximum-likelihood model is estimated …

higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare … opportunities outside the home. Frontier women were less likely to report "gainful employment," but among those who did, relatively … more had high-status occupations. Together, these findings integrate contrasting narratives about frontier women …

We investigate women's fertility, labor and marriage market responses to a health innovation that led to reductions in … allow women to start fertility later and invest more in the labor market. We present a new theory of fertility that …

women's creativity within the nonmarket household sector and outside the patent system. The analysis distinguishes between … women, especially nonpatentees, were significantly more likely than men to be associated with innovations in consumer final … products or work outside the home pursued such improvements to benefit their families. The patterns suggest that framing women …

women to hold higher-paying jobs at baseline. The data strongly support this cohort-driven interpretation of the shrinking … represented over time at a faster rate than younger women. Finally, we document that labor-market exit is the sole contributor to …

The modern economic role of women emerged in four phases. The first three were evolutionary; the last was revolutionary … women's choices distinguish the evolutionary from the revolutionary phases: horizon, identity, and decision-making. The … time-series evidence on women's more predictable attachment to the workplace, greater identity with career, and better …

How, when, and why did women in the US obtain legal rights equal to men's regarding the workplace, marriage, family … right to vote? The story begins with the civil rights movement and the somewhat fortuitous nature of the early and key women …'s rights legislation. The women's movement formed and pressed for further rights. Of the 155 critical moments in women's rights …