Actual and perceived gender norms are key to understanding gender inequality in society. In
this paper, using newly collected nationally representative datasets from 60 countries that …

We provide representative evidence on the perceived returns to maternal labor supply. A
mother's decision to work is perceived to have sizable impacts on child skills, family …

This chapter traces the evolution of the study of gender in the labor market, focusing on how
academic thinking on this topic has evolved alongside real world developments in gender …

How to influence social norms that drive behavior in relation to women's participation in
employment is not well understood. We provide randomly selected participants with …

The first settlers have lasting cultural influence: The unique traits of early American settlers in
the initial stages of institutional development are crucial for cultural formation. The not-yet …

This paper compares the labor market impact of grandparents before and after the arrival of
the first grandchild. We show that grandmothers' labor market outcomes decline more …

By the end of the nineteenth century, labor legislation for women had become a prominent
issue in the United States, with most states enacting at least one female-specific work …

We show that providing publicly available wage information in vacancies, so-called external
pay transparency, can reduce the gender gap in entry wages. There is an increasing interest …

Gender bias distorts the economic behavior and outcomes of women and households. We
investigate gender biases in property taxes. We analyze records of more than 100,000 …

This field experiment investigates the causal impact of mothers' perceptions of gender norms
on their employment attitudes and labor-supply expectations. We provide mothers of young …