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Women in the workplace: 50 years of change

Stefania Albanesi, Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo


Decades of progress have seen greater opportunities for women in the workplace, but sizeable gender gaps remain in most indicators of economic achievement. Stefania Albanesi, Claudia Olivetti and Barbara Petrongolo review the effect of family policies on women's careers and set out the challenges to come.


21 February 2023     Paper Number CEPCP652

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This CentrePiece article is published under the centre's Labour programme.

This publication comes under the following theme: Gender in the labour market