Is the high degree of gender inequality in develo** countries—in education, personal
autonomy, and more—explained by underdevelopment itself? Or do the societies that are …

In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in
economic development. The vast majority of theories reviewed argue that gender inequality …

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 …

Western culture has endlessly represented the ways in which love miraculously erupts in
people's lives, the mythical moment in which one knows someone is destined for us; the …

This paper evaluates an intervention to raise young women's economic empowerment in
Sierra Leone, where women frequently experience sexual violence and face multiple …

This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it
affects women's economic opportunity and charts the evolution of legal inequalities over five …

We evaluate a multifaceted policy intervention attempting to jump-start adolescent women's
empowerment in Uganda by simultaneously providing them vocational training and …

Much of macroeconomics is concerned with the allocation of physical capital, human capital,
and labor over time and across people. The decisions on savings, education, and labor …

Many African countries are still in the early stages of structural transformation. Typically, as
economies move through the structural transformation, activities once conducted within the …

We analyze close elections between male and female mayoral candidates in Brazilian
municipalities to provide novel evidence on the role of women as policymakers. Using an …