candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an … institutionalized demand-side barriers rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints …

This paper incorporates gender bias against girls in the family, school and labor market in a model of … intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections … face lower mobility irrespective of location when born to fathers with low schooling, but the gender gap closes when the …

The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity … in education. This paper documents the effectiveness of a multifaceted educational program, pursuing these three ….7 percent in the second), reducing gender gaps in school retention. The findings show large learning gains of 0.323 standard …

, Indonesia and South Africa) in a range of monetary (i.e. income) and non-monetary dimensions of people’s life (i.e. education …

Education systems need to withstand frequent shocks, including conflict, disease, natural disasters, and climate events …, all of which routinely close schools. During these emergencies, alternative models are needed to deliver education … multiple countries. We present results from large-scale randomized trials evaluating the provision of education in emergency …

entrepreneurs face gender biases stemming from socio-economic factors or specific biases in laws such as inheritance laws. …

policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of … to other BRIICs or OECD countries, education and incomes are negatively correlated with female labour for participation …

and promote economic growth in India. The first part provides a brief review of gender issues in the country. The second … part presents a gender-based OLG model, based on Agénor (2015) and Agénor and Canuto (2015), that accounts for women’s time … in infrastructure, conditional cash transfers, and a reduction in gender bias in the market place. The analysis shows …