Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics

Analysis of 109 countries from 1990 to 2014 shows IMF labour market reforms reduce female labour force participation primarily by lowering wages, contradicting the Fund's claims.

An overlapping generations model examines how rising childlessness affects household utility and whether childcare support policies can benefit all households despite tax distortions.

Analysis of women's economic participation and transformation in India, examining how formal and informal institutions impact empowerment outcomes and gender equity progress.

Ethnographic study of how institutional practices—uniform pay, shared childcare, gender quotas—reshape gender divisions in paid and unpaid labour at community level.

Analysis of household production's role in material living standards inequality in the U.S., 1965–2018, showing extended income measures capture greater inequality than market metrics alone.

Literature review examining why women show higher religiosity than men and how religion influences gender norms, education, labor markets, fertility, and inequality across societies.

Analysis of Nigeria General Household Survey data reveals substantial regional variation in gender participation across farming, wholesale, and retail activities.

Analysis of household complexity effects on material standard of living estimates based on male wages across historical populations with varying family structures.

Qualitative study examining choice feminism through Brazilian women's labor market exits, revealing structural constraints underlying ostensibly voluntary career decisions.

Analysis of 2022 Survey of Consumer Finances data reveals employment and other poverty determinants affect male and female-headed households differently, suggesting need for targeted interventions.

Comparative analysis of female labor-force participation and sustainable development across G7 and E7 economies (1990-2022), revealing heterogeneous relationships conditional on structural conditions.

Comprehensive review of BLS Employment Projections methodologies covering demographic, macroeconomic, and occupational modeling frameworks for long-term labor market forecasting and workforce.

Analysis of advance tax credit repayments using administrative data examining health insurance, child, earned income, and stimulus credits with distributional and compliance implications.

Examine how gender shapes household food expenditure in Türkiye using neural networks and Bayesian analysis, revealing structural economic vulnerabilities beyond income constraints.

VECM analysis reveals negative long-term but positive short-term effects of private childcare services on Turkish maternal labor force participation, with maternal participation driving childcare.

Longitudinal panel analysis of employment status and working hours effects on married individuals' subjective well-being in Taiwan, revealing gendered and cohort-specific associations with happiness.

Study using national census and tax data reveals significant earnings disparities across gender identities, with nonbinary and transgender individuals earning substantially less than cisgender men.

Mixed-methods analysis of Iran's rural development policies reveals persistent gender inequalities in resource access, institutional support, and decision-making representation.

Composite index analysis reveals significant regional disparities in women's health and empowerment across Karnataka districts, with positive associations to economic participation.

Research assessing MGNREGA's impact on employment and income in rural Belagavi District, Karnataka, identifying implementation challenges and policy implications.