Claudia Goldin won a Nobel Prize for research on gender pay gap
The economist draws a spotlight on the gender gap — and offers a few words of advice to the “Kens.”
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The economist draws a spotlight on the gender gap — and offers a few words of advice to the “Kens.”
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Tackling negative social norms to enhance economic development By Michela Carlana and Zahrah Abdulrauf March 16, 2023
Husbands and wives sometimes do not agree. In a post about a year ago, I talked about how this disagreement seemed to be associated with welfare outcomes for women, boys and girls. An intriguing new paper by Nava Ashraf, Erica Field, Alessandra Voena and Roberta Ziparo argues that asymmetric information may be exacerbating this disagreement and shows how providing information can help couples get to a better place…and reduce fertility. The setting is Lusaka, Zambia. National fertility rates are on the high side, with 5.3 children per woman aged 15-49. In this context, as in many others, me...