Barbara Petrongolo

Nov 14, 2024 | nber.org | Claudia Olivetti |Jessica Pan |Barbara Petrongolo

We thank the editors Christian Dustmann and Thomas Lemieux and seminar participants at the 2023 Handbook Conference in Berlin (generously funded by Rockwool Foundation Berlin (RFBerlin)) for very helpful comments and suggestions. We are grateful to Dorothy Ting and Teh Renjie for excellent research assistance. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research. Related

Sep 10, 2023 | economicsobservatory.com | Barbara Petrongolo

Centuries of economic growth and campaigning have enabled gender parity in legal rights in the developed world. But there remain persistent gaps in the economic standing of women and men across all high-income countries. Women still make systematically different education choices from men, and they bear most of the earnings penalty that comes from becoming a parent.