Broadway theater owners have become increasingly concerned with intermission. Where are we going? To the message from the ladies’ restroom. Broadway’s Bathrooms Very much aware that there are far fewer toilets than the number of people who will need them, women rush…
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Where To Find China’s Missing Women
Upsetting the conventional wisdom, researchers recently found millions of “non-existent” women who could enter Chinese marriage markets.
New Insight on the Gender Pay Gap
For some surprising reasons that contribute to the gender wage gap, there are relatively few women who are top earners in the U.S.
What We Are Willing to Do For Money
Monetary incentives can influence a decision and distort the information we access for our cost and benefit research.
Where Toilets “Take a Village”
Shown by a project in rural India, building a sanitation network that includes toilets can eliminate open defecation and the disease it creates.
Marriage Markets in China and India
With son preference, limited fertility and social norms, China’s and India’s sex ratios at birth have created a male glut and new marriage markets.
Why Women Don’t Get the Credit They Deserve
Expectations bias is among the top gender issues for female economists because we are predisposed to think of a male when looking at academic research.
Solving the Mystery of the Disappearing Workers
One reason we have a labor force participation rate of 62.4 percent is because retirees, students, the disabled and people who care for family do not work.
Why Our Kids Will Not Care For Us When We Are Old
Because of aging populations in the developed world and in China, concern about care for the elderly and rising dependency ratios have increased.