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 …

developing countries, but there is surprisingly little evidence on the effectiveness of such a policy. The gender gaps in …

dimensions of financial literacy among the working young in urban India. While the influence of several factors such as gender …

-economic diversity, gender and science education. In the Indian context attempts were made to understand existing educational policies …

positions in politics and business across the globe. In many countries, policy-makers have responded by introducing gender … quotas in politics and increasingly, many have expressed an interest in requiring gender quotas for corporate boards. This … paper reviews the evidence on the equity and efficiency impacts of gender quotas for political positions and corporate board …