This study analyzes the determinants of employment and earnings for female-headed households from 1987 to 1995 in Mexico. During those years, the percentage of female-headed households and their employment rate substantially increased. The paper explores the possible causes for the relative...

This paper examines the effects of shortages on the demand for money of Soviet citizens. It is the first to examine the demand for money in a centrally planned economy using cross-section data in which alternatives to income and interest rates are used to explain money demand. The authors find...