Intra-Household Labor Gatekeeping
Nearly 25% of women and 33% of men agreed that "women cannot go out to work," and a majority of married women reported that their husbands had the primary say in employment decisions.
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Nearly 25% of women and 33% of men agreed that "women cannot go out to work," and a majority of married women reported that their husbands had the primary say in employment decisions.
Men in the full treatment group were significantly more likely to work in the public sector, compensating for household income that had shifted under the direct control of female household members.
Children whose mothers were assigned any job were 9 percentage points more likely to report that their fathers helped with cooking, cleaning, and childcare, representing a 16 percent relative increase over the 58 percent control group mean.