Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the postsecondary level of … schooling, and how that affects subsequent labour market outcomes of men and women. Using a nationally representative … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of …

, Vietnam, and Tanzania). Overall, the economic, social, and institutional constraints that shape women's labor force …We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and … middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to …

, and persistent gender norms and values. We find that differences in levels are heavily affected by long …-standing differences in economic structure that circumscribe women's economic opportunities. Shocks can bring about drastic changes with … the experience of socialism being the most important shock to women's labor force participation. Trends are heavily …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We …

This paper uses dictator experiments to examine gender differences in altruistic behavior in the United States when … decisions are made individually and jointly. In anonymous individual giving to charity, women give substantially more than men … only in mixed-sex groups, indicating a gender-based component to the value of the social signal sent. Although men and …

In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in economic … development. The vast majority of theories reviewed suggest that gender inequality is a barrier to development, particularly over … the long run. Among the many plausible mechanisms through which inequality between men and women affects the aggregate …

household patterns placed women into a better position to struggle for more gender equality during the subsequent transitions …Reviewing the burgeoning literature on the deep historic roots of gender inequality, we theorize and provide evidence …) various gender-egalitarian outcomes today. The CW-condition is a specific climatic configuration that combines periodically …

use data from three national household censuses in 1989, 1999, and 2009 to estimate probit models of determinants of women … effect of "missing men" on the work status of women is found to be positive and significant for those cohorts directly …

gender inequality understood as long-lasting norms, values and codes of conduct that shape gender roles, and presents …-country level with linear regressions using the newly created Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its subindices as … development, one has to consider social institutions related to gender inequality to better account for differences in development …