… (JOIN) database – and using many different metrics of women’s economic standing, we get a nuanced answer to the … grow. Unfortunately, it also happens to be the case that women are also just less likely to work. This echoes work by … last year – on the U-shape relationship between GDP and women's work. When you're a very poor country, everyone works …

… A profile of Carlos Diaz-Alejandro … March 29, 2021 | EGC History Blending economics, development, and human rights: A … was so great, he refused to write about Cuba’s economy and history. Instead, he turned to Argentina for his … I still miss him.” Read more about EGC history The women who shaped EGC and Yale Economics Related Events The …

… How much could an economy grow from improvements in women’s labor market opportunities? Around the world, there are many settings where women are excluded from market activity— in entirety or in specific domains. Would those economies do better if women were integrated on an equal footing into labor markets …

… School; Samuel Moyn, Chancellor Kent Professor of Law and History at Yale; and Rohini Pande, Henry J. Heinz II … of harmful social norms, both today and throughout history – and how changing such norms is often at the heart … American Economic Association for promoting the success of women in the economics profession. She is the co-chair of the …

… in Tokyo explored factors that enable and constrain women’s economic activity in Asia, and how research can … within society – including those between men and women. How can we ensure that women and girls are included in … firms.   Rosa Abraham and coauthors use a Life History Calendar approach to reveal that women in India have …

… believe travelling home from work at night is unsafe for women.  The authors conduct two experiments, one on the … to estimate employers' (i) taste for working with men vs. women, (ii) preference for profits, and (iii) altruistic concerns for men vs. women (other-regarding utility). They then enter these …

… to Urban Kitchens: Structural Change and the Decline of Women’s Work in India Peters, Torola, Uniat & Zilibotti [ … Insight 1: India’s urban-rural FLFP gap arises from urban women doing less part-time and informal work than rural women, opting instead for home production or formal jobs The …