This paper explores gendered patterns of time use as an explanatory factor behind fertility trends in the developed … decades of unprecedented fertility decline in the industrialized world, only a handful of countries in the West exhibit … replacement fertility rates - around two children per woman. Paradoxically, birth rates are substantially lower in countries in …

variation in the crisis, focusing on women who were already pregnant when the downturn began. We find that the number of girls …

headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …

, using an online sample of approximately 1,500 Prolific respondents residents in the UK. We find that women's mental health … was worse than men's along the four metrics we collected data on, that women were more concerned about getting and … spreading the virus, and that women perceived the virus as more prevalent and lethal than men did. Women were also more likely …

regards to age, sex and ethnicity. We find that women's mental health is worse than men's along the four metrics we collected … data on, that women are more concerned about getting and spreading the virus, and that women perceive the virus as more … prevalent and lethal than men do. Women are also more likely to expect a new lockdown or virus outbreak by the end of 2020, and …

the gender distribution of sectoral employment in sub-Saharan African countries. I employ aggregate and disaggregate … measures of gender sectoral segregation in employment on a panel database consisting of 10 sectors and 11 countries during 1960 … correcting gender biases in employment along the process of structural change. …