Gender inequality is an acute and persistent problem, especially in developing countries. This paper argues that gender … discrimination is an inefficient practice. We model gender discrimination as the complete exclusion of females from the labor market … panel-data regressions across Indian states over 1961-1991 that is consistent with the model¿s predictions. …

This paper uses panel data from the 16 main states in India during the period 1967- 1999 to study the effects of having … higher female representation in the State Legislatures on public goods, policy and expenditure. I find that women legislators … make different decisions than men legislators. Moreover, women elected in seats reserved for scheduled castes and tribes …

process has been the creation in 2010 of the UN Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, known as UN Women …, which came into operation on January 1, 2011. UN Women incorporates four existing parts of the UN system dealing with women … and has been styled as the new UN “gender architecture.” In this article we consider the implications of this new …

become consistent with low gender wage gaps simply because low-wage women would not feature in the observed wage distribution …There is evidence of a negative cross-country correlation between gender wage and employment gaps. We argue that non …-random selection of women into work explains an important part of such correlation and thus of the observed variation in wage gaps. The …

Sampling poses an interesting problem in markets with experience goods. Free samples reveal product quality and help … consumers to make informed purchase decisions (promotional effect). However, sampling may also induce consumers to substitute …

This paper tests for the importance of cash flow on investment in fixed capital and R&D using firm-level panel data in …

. Firstly, the role of students’ personal characteristics, especially gender, ethnicity and past achievement, in explaining the … expenditure – and the avoidance of low achievement, exploiting the panel nature of the National Pupil Database. Going beyond … panel data at the student level to analyse school resource effects. A number of interesting findings emerge about the …