development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic …

We study firms’ advertised gender preferences in a population of ads on a Chinese internet job board, and interpret … these patterns using a simple employer search model. The model allows us to distinguish firms’ underlying gender … preferences from firms’ propensities to restrict their search to their preferred gender. The model also predicts that higher job …

Development approach. No Concept of development, however, can be complete unless and until it incorporates the gender component at …

enhance both gender equality and development that female economic empowerment may be close to being a “magic potion …

The Budget is an important tool in the hands of the state for affirmative action for improvement of gender relations … through reduction of gender gap in the development process. It can help to reduce economic inequalities, between men and women … gender dynamics operating in the economy and in the civil society. …

Gender Development Index and Gender Empowerment Measure are two gender-based indicators provided by the United Nations … better performing gender. This can lead to further additions to ‘missing women’. A correction is proposed to capture this …