Women in developed economies have made major advancements in labor markets
throughout the past century, but remaining gender differences in pay and employment seem …

This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes
(competitiveness, labour force participation, and performance in mathematics, among many …

In this survey, we argue that the economic analysis of fertility has entered a new era. First-
generation models of fertility choice were designed to account for two empirical regularities …

The economic downturn caused by the current COVID-19 outbreak has substantial
implications for gender equality, both during the downturn and the subsequent recovery …

In recent US recessions, employment losses have been much larger for men than for
women. Yet, in the current recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the opposite is true …

Can increasing control over earnings incentivize a woman to work, and thereby influence
norms around gender roles? We randomly varied whether rural Indian women received …

We study how childhood exposure to a nontraditional family (a working married mother, a
married mother that is the primary breadwinner, or a non-married mother) affects gender role …

A growing body of empirical work measuring different types of cultural traits has shown that
culture matters for a variety of economic outcomes. This paper focuses on one specific …

We examine a determinant of cultural persistence that has emerged from a class of models
in evolutionary anthropology: the similarity of the environment across generations. Within …

The behavior of women and men varies greatly depending on situations, cultures, and
historical periods. This flexibility emerges as men and women tailor their division of labor to …