Political strategists say that women are critical to the Democrats’ strategy for retaining control of the Senate. But now, more than ever,…
Exploiting a randomized natural experiment in India, we show that female leadership influences adolescent girls' career aspirations and…
Looking out the airplane window at a white winter landscape in Oslo yesterday, I thought back to another flight. Several years ago, a U.N.…
Despite significant advances in education and political participation, women remain underrepresented in leadership positions in politics…
Understanding the relationship between female employment and fertility is a vital ingredient for effective population policy. This column…
The model presented argues that leadership involves bringing
together not only diverse individuals but also the subgroups to which
they…
Decades of
racial progress have led some researchers and policymakers to doubt
that discrimination remains an important cause of…
We estimate the impact on pilgrims of performing the Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca. Our method compares successful and unsuccessful applicants…
Women face a compensation negotiation dilemma in which they have to weigh the economic benefits of asking for higher pay with the social…