This paper analyses the political economy of women's-empowerment-related policymaking in India through a re … women in rural India, and was inexplicably shut down in 2014. We argue that a combination of political philosophy, electoral … programmes such as Mahila Samakhya, which called for a long and messy process of collectivization of the most marginalized women …

The paper attempts to examine the extent to which the ILO-supported projects have contributed to women's economic … employment and expanding social protection during the last 10-15 years, in particular, largely targeting those poor women mostly …

differences: men tend to inherit larger sums than women during their working life. Women often outlive their male partners, thus …

effects double in magnitude. Having a critical female manager does not affect effort provision but it does lower workers …

investigate the underlying mechanisms that shape gender discrimination within firms. We find evidence of a "women helping women …" pattern through spill-over effects which reduce discrimination among women, but increase discrimination among men … time, particularly for women in high-skilled jobs, are shown to be effective in reducing gender discrimination. The above …

We develop a framework for quantifying barriers to labor force participation (LFP) and entrepreneurship faced by women … women entrepreneurs. However, there is one area in which female entrepreneurs have an advantage: the hiring of female …. Counterfactual simulations indicate that removing all excess barriers faced by women entrepreneurs would substantially increase the …