, we estimate the effects of exposure to female political leadership on gender attitudes and behaviors. For son preference …, we find that the gender quota reduced the propensity for parents with two daughters to give a third-parity birth, whereas … self-reported son preference revealed in survey data. We further find that the gender quota encouraged female high school …

for gender equality. Almost simultaneously, the measures adopted in the coronavirus pandemic have led to profound changes …

use the share of female executives as a proxy for gender equality in welfare states; and (iii) psychological mechanisms …

The distribution of parental leave uptake and childcare activities continues to conform to traditional gender roles. In … 2002, with the goal of increasing gender equality, Sweden added a second "daddy month," i.e., an additional month of pay … after the reform by gender and household type (the parents' education). We find that changed incentives and, especially …