Can demographic shocks affect the long-run evolution of female labor force participation
and gender norms? This paper traces current variation in women's participation in the labor …

In Black population centres in the USA, adult sex ratios (ASRs) are strongly female-biased
primarily due to high male incarceration and early mortality rates. I explore the system of …

This article reviews the literature on the multifaceted consequences of historical conflict. We
revisit three key topics, which are especially relevant for the current Ukrainian context.(1) …

Sex ratio at birth remains highly skewed in many Asian countries because of son preference.
The ratio in South Korea, however, declined beginning in 1990 and reached the natural …

Our study analyzes the fertility effects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We study the effects
of violence on both the duration time to the first birth in the early post-genocide period and …

Longlisted for the PEN/EO Wilson Literary Science Writing Award “Every new book by Frans
de Waal is a cause for excitement, and this one is no different. A breath of fresh air in the …

This survey discusses recent developments in the growing literature on the economic history
of Russia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Using novel data and modern empirical …

There has been growing concern over the dramatically increasing number of divorces in
China over the past two decades. We use provincial data from 2002 to 2014 to shed light …

BACKGROUND China introduced its world-famous One-Child Policy in 1979. However, its
fertility appears to have declined even faster in the early 1970s than it did after 1979. The …

Using spatial variation in World War I military fatalities in France, we show that the scarcity of
men due to the war generated an upward shift in female labor force participation that …