that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses … self-employment amongst women. In Asia and Latin America, there is a parallel rise in paid employment and a sharp drop in …

in Asia and has risen in Africa. The paper provides the first cross-country estimates of the intergenerational …

that occurred following a major medical innovation in the US. In response to the decline in child mortality, women delayed … present a new theory of the extensive margin response, premised upon improvements in child survival reducing the time women …