women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … employment: whereas in high-income economies reduced employment in contact-intensive services had a large impact on women, this … sector plays a minor role in low-income countries. Another difference is that women's employment rebounded much more quickly …

This paper uses worldwide firm-level data to scrutinize the governance factors that favor gender diversity in … leadership positions. Our results reveal that the gender of the dominant shareholder is key. The chief executive of firms with a …

Papal States gender inequality was particularly severe, the Grand Duchy of Tuscany experienced a relatively stronger female … the legal right to divorce, historically advocated by women emancipation movements. …

The so-called "gender-equality paradox" is the fact that gender segregation across occupations is more pronounced in … or intrinsic gender differences in preferences that materialize more easily in countries where economic constraints are …-country differences in essentialist gender norms regarding math aptitudes and appropriate occupational choices. To this aim, we propose a …

This study on the economics of gender differences examines whether the mining industry acts as a blessing or curse for … women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial …

The status of women in economics in the US has come increasingly under the spotlight. We exploit high quality … administrative data to paint the first comprehensive picture of the status of women in UK academic economics departments in research …-intensive universities. Our evidence indicates that, as in the US, women in economics are under-represented and are paid less than men. The …

women, due to either differential constraints or preferences, productivity gaps do not fully explain the gender disparity in …In this paper, we first document trends in the gender composition of academic economists over the past 25 years, the … extent to which these trends encompass the most elite departments, and how women's representation across fields of study …

discriminating against women. The results suggest that gender of the committee members, network structure and type of recruitment …This article investigates the role of the gender composition of selection committees and the role of connections in … promoting women in research activities. Exploiting a newly collected data set on recruitment processes to entry-level research …

inequality and institutional biases against women in trade partner countries play an important role in explaining gender …In this paper, we investigate whether gender norms and institutions act as a constraint to the performance of female … institutional biases against women from other constraints and hurdles that female businesses might face by exploiting detailed trade …

differential economic and social outcomes between the genders. Here, we present a global investigation of gender differences in six … to take risks, patience, altruism, positive and negative reciprocity as well as trust. Gender differences in preferences … were positively related to economic development and gender equality. This suggests that greater availability of and equal …