for women's empowerment. Available results of impact studies call for circumspection; microfinance can free women from … the disparities between men and women, but also among women themselves. …

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 … aims to explore the mechanisms fostering women's rarity in top positions within French accounting firms in terms of … former and often implying a derailment of women's careers from a very early stage, will be explored. It is suggested that …

the observed patterns in the team-entry gender gap: (1) a gender gap in confidence in others (i.e. women are less …Are women disproportionately attracted to work environments where cooperation rather than competition is rewarded? This … and a team-based payment scheme. We find that women are more likely than men to select team-based compensation in our …

The effects of women's strong investments in career and their relative positions on the household division of labor … 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 …

driven by women's needs for widowhood insurance. We use a duration model of birth intervals to show that women most exposed …

gender discrimination. An increase in the discrimination level implies a related decrease in fertility, women's participation …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 …

Much of the gender inequality in the labour market is brought about by women's dual role as worker and (potential … first section discusses various gender-equality models which imply different ways of organising, for example, childcare …, parental leave and flexible working time. Sections two and three look at gender inequalities in labour market outcomes and …