. -- Missing women ; fertility decline ; Hepatitis B ; sex-selective abortions ; gender bias in mortality …This paper discusses two recent controversies surrounding levels and trends in the number of "missing women" in the … world. First, the impact of fertility decline on gender bias in mortality is examined. Contrary to the expectations of some …

In 2005 and 2006, the Human Development Report Office undertook a review of UNDP's gender-related indicators …, particularly the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). Background papers as well as the … the two gender-related indicators and by presenting illustrative results for these proposed measures. The most important …

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 …

The "missing women" dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of … relatively small, the gender gap in the probability of hospitalization and usage of scarce resources is very high. Ceteris … assets, help from friends, etc., is much higher than that of girls. Moreover, the results indicate that the gender gap …

This paper discusses the rationale as well as the challenges involved when constructing gender-related indicators of … conceptual and measurement problems. Among the conceptual issues to be considered are the space in which gender inequality in … overall measures of well-being by the gender inequality in well-being, whether gender equality in every indicator is …

Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment … (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using most recent data and investigating a … to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment significantly reduce economic …

In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) using variables of the OECD Gender …, Institutions and Development database. Instead of measuring gender inequalities in education, health, economic or political … participation, the SIGI allows a new perspective on gender issues. It is a composite measure of social institutions which are …

Since their inception in 1995, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)'s Gender-Related Development Index (GDI …) and Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM) have been criticized on conceptual and empirical grounds. In 2005-6, the UNDP's Human … adjusting the recommendations, making concrete proposals for two gender-related indicators, and presenting illustrative results …

Using cross-country and panel regressions, we investigate to what extent gender gaps in education and employment … (proxied using gender gaps in labor force participation) reduce economic growth. Using the most recent data and investigating … analysis to employment gaps using panel data. We find that gender gaps in education and employment considerably reduce economic …