This paper examines to what extent gender gaps in education, health, employment, productive assets and inputs can … problems with examining gender issues in the context of an income-based pro-poor growth framework, the paper considers theory … and evidence on the impact of gender inequality on pro poor growth. While there is a considerable literature suggesting …

In 2005 and 2006, the Human Development Report Office undertook a review of UNDP’s gender-related indicators …, particularly the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). Background papers as well as the … the two gender-related indicators and by presenting illustrative results for these proposed measures. The most important …

Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment … (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using most recent data and investigating a … to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment significantly reduce economic …

This paper discusses two recent controversies surrounding levels and trends in the number of ‘missing women’ in the … world. First, the impact of fertility decline on gender bias in mortality is examined. Contrary to the expectations of some … authors, fertility decline has not generally led to an intensification of gender bias in mortality. Second, the paper finds …