leisure, home production, and work. The paper aims to explain labor market gender gaps in a marginalized Roma population with … Regional Roma Survey for six Western Balkan countries. The simulation results show that the main source for gender … differentials in the labor market is the unequal opportunities in favor of males - not gender preferences or differences in home …

and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender …

This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it affects women … Women, Business and the Law database, the paper documents large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with regard …

As compared to the majority of countries in the East Asia and Pacific Region, gender disparities in Mongolia are … relatively muted. At the same time, a number of important gender disparities do exist. In particular, several studies have … documented gender disparities in access to economic opportunities, earnings, and productivity. Such gender disparities in the …

heart of gender gaps in job quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment segregation carries important costs for …Employment segregation-the unequal distribution of female and male workers across and within jobtypes-is often at the … increasing proportion of households in which women are the primary bread earners. Nevertheless, employment segregation appears to …

, of apparel employment in developing countries. This paper focuses on how the forces of globalization, specifically the … gender-based earnings. The authors find large positive wage premiums and a closing of the male-female wage gap during the MFA … identify the potential development effects of post-MFA apparel employment and to thoroughly compare the benefits documented in …

This review of gender issues aims to uncover the main gender gaps in the country, and to identify potential policy … recommendations that could help closing them in the coming years. The note is an input to the development of a Gender Action Plan for … the Andean Countries under the Gender Analysis Work Program.The note lays out a descriptive overview of gender gaps in …

Closing the existing gender gaps will be required to boost shared prosperity and maximize poverty reduction efforts in … Peru over the coming years. Gender inequities are not only unfair from an ethical and social perspective, but also … economically inefficient. Greater gender equality can raise overall productivity, improve development outcomes, especially of the …