The corporate-led growth model, which failed to provide secure livelihoods to farmers and workers, is now faltering in its promise to the Indian middle class that education leads to upward mobility.

Introduction and Overview Every day in the United States, millions of people wake up and face a version of the same impossible arithmetic. They need to earn income. They also need to care for their ch...

We've built an economy that depends on unpaid and underpaid care, but penalizes the people who provide it.

Gender and Racial Differences in Migration Behavior: Evidence from the Farm Exodus within and out of the U.S. South, 1900–1940

Many feminists urge a transition toward a dual-earner/dual-carer system in which women and men alike earn money and provide unpaid care for their families and communities. But is this possible in the ...

Many feminists urge a transition toward a dual-earner/dual-carer system in which women and men alike earn money and provide unpaid care for their families and communities. But is this possible in the ...

Are you an aspiring researcher looking to further your career in one of the UK’s leading research-intensive Universities and receive a structured programme of support?  Do you have a research backgrou...

Women’s unpaid work at home has declined much more than men’s contributions have increased.

Women’s unpaid work at home has declined much more than men’s contributions have increased.

We study how unpaid household production shapes trends in inequality in material living standards in the U.S. in the last five decades. We construct e…

Even a low-ball estimate of the cost of time shows just how misleading an estimate based only on money expenditures really is.

Half of South Africa’s gender pay gap comes from women sorting into low-paying firms, with low formality and high churn being key to understanding this dynamic.

A big part of the explanation for why women are paid less than men is the companies they work for.