Women continue to face discrimination in the workplace and unequal burdens in non-market work and reproductive health access. This dissertation studies how women make decisions about work and family life in the current policy environment. Chapter 1: Does the introduction of paid family leave in the United States increase fertility? Fertility in California increased by 2.5 percent relative to the rest of the country following the 2004 implementation of a statewide paid family leave. This increase is primarily among higher order (2nd or higher birth parity) births to mothers in their 30s. Chapter 2: Do gender norms influence housework distribution? Immigrants from source countries with more progressive gender norms share housework and childcare more equally between men and women once they immigrate to the U.S., though men primarily spend more time in childcare rather than housework. Immigrants from source countries with less gender equality allocate housework and childcare more traditionally, with women doing a significantly larger share of the housework and childcare. These effects persist into the second generation for men, particularly fathers, but not for women. Chapter 3: Does the type of parent involvement in abortion law differentially impact sexual behavior among minors? Notification laws require abortion providers to notify, via phone or email, a minor’s guardians prior to providing the procedure. Consent laws require a notified signature from a guardian to obtain an abortion. I find a statistically significant 4-7 percent increase in pill use at last intercourse for sexually active females in response to a notification law, and a 5 percent decrease in intercourse in the last 3 months following the implementation of a consent law. Neither effect is statistically distinguishable from the effect of the alternate law, suggesting that using one indicator for either type of law is not obscuring individual effects.