Despite a sizeable literature on the labour market effects of maternity leave regulations on women in developed … countries, how these policies affect women's work in developing countries with a large informal sector remains poorly understood …. This study examines how extending the maternity leave requirement affects women's decisions to work in the informal or …

We study the roots of violence against women, and propose that it partly originates in cultural norms that derive from … large degree of spatial variation in both attitudes and actions of violence against women. Using rich individual survey and … high-resolution georeferenced data, we find systematically less violence against women in traditionally sea-fishing areas …

status, and for those residing in Northern India. We present evidence to suggest that women with higher education levels are … family. An increased education level is likely to raise women's earning capacity as well as the quality of jobs which may …, improving job accessibility along with affordable childcare, especially for women with less education will raise non …