The economic consequences of family-oriented policies
What we know about their labour market effects, with an analysis of data on 30 OECD countries over 45 years, write Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo.
All high-income countries, as well as several developing countries, have policies in place to make it easier for people to balance their working lives with their family commitments. These include parental leave, childcare support […]
Field experiments, such as audit and correspondence studies, are a compelling way to test for gender discrimination in the labor market
Field experiments, such as audit and correspondence studies, are a compelling way to test for gender discrimination in the labor market
Can differences in men and women’s pay and employment opportunities be explained by discrimination or by differences in their preferences or productivity? Ghazala Azmat and Barbara Petrongolo explore what has been learned from economic experiments about the continued prevalence of gender gaps in the labor market.
Women have made major inroads in labor markets throughout the past century. As a […]