single village in case of statistical analysis, or on collection of oral histories. By using the information from a household …

This paper explores some of the dimensions related to poverty and exclusion, by defining a Relational Capability Index … fills the gap between theories of justice and poverty measurements. By means of illustration, we apply three different … in the Niger Delta (Nigeria) and to national surveys (Afrobarometer). …

period, the MFI does not co-finance projects with mainstream banks and loan size is gender-insensitive. In the second period …, the MFI does co-finance above-ceiling projects with mainstream banks, and we observe a gender gap in loan size. The … results suggest that co-financing leads the originally gender-neutral MFI to import disparate treatment from mainstream banks. …

Despite decades of gender-balanced recruitment and clear-cut criteria for promotion based on meritocracy, women in …

the observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less …

The effects of women's strong investments in career and their relative positions on the household division of labor …, particularly the share of male partners in household work, constitute important but somehow unaddressed issues. We use the French … female investment in career, and look into the possible effect on the gender division of labor, particularly the male share …

) perspective. It provides some empirical evidence of the role played by age and gender in individuals' situation on the labour …, and their differentiation by age and gender. Second, it offers a conceptualization of time and irreversibility which helps …

Exploiting original data from a Senegalese household survey, we provide evidence that fertility choices are partly …

This paper focuses on the interaction between gender discrimination and household decisions. It develops a general … are assumed to decrease the time that parents spend on their children. The model shows that gender discrimination may … explain differences in household decisions between countries. The solution shows a U-shaped relationship between fertility and …