characteristics, we examine gender differences in the wages of the graduates of the agribusiness department. The regression analysis … women still remain present. This study provides new empirical evidence on the gender wage gap in the labor market for the …

This paper examines the relationship between gender inequality and nutrition using direct indicators of empowerment …

This study conducts a gender analysis of homeownership in Ecuador, drawing upon data collected through the nationally … household and individual levels. This allows us to overcome a typical problem faced by gender analyses, that of only having the … sex of the household head and not the sex of the owner(s). The study explores gender differences in homeownership and …

analyze the relative performance of groups with different male-female composition (female-dominated, mixed-gender, and male … forest management. The study investigates different gender composition group’s property rights to forest resources … activities. Our empirical analysis offers three important findings. First, gender composition is important. Female …

. We identified a gender gap in test performance between genders with women in general economics and agricultural economics …

political rights. Yet, Ecuador has made advances in gender equality in recent years. Women now have greater access to … in the gender literature that sees women as the appropriate target group to mobilize for sustainable production and … population (CORPEI 2009). In fact, cacao production is often the only source of cash income for many rural Ecuadorian households …

information on household income. Results show that using a husband’s estimate of his wife’s income does not produce statistically … reliable results for poverty analysis. Estimates of the wife’s income provided by the husband and wife are in agreement in only …