Using individual level data on task composition at work for 30 advanced and emerging economies, we find that women, on …-country heterogeneity. The probability of automation is lower for younger cohorts of women, and for those in managerial positions …

employment in Senegal. To that end, we build an overlapping generations model that captures barriers that women face over their … increased in female-to-male employment ratio and (ii) the rest can be explained by a decline in the discrimination against women …

work transfer, ii) women have higher WTP than men, and iii) higher WTP for women are driven in part by feelings of guilt …

adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them torely on informal sources … gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that anincrease in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …

with propensity score matching method. The analysis confirms that education opens up opportunities for women to escape … agricultural feminization and engage in formal wage employment, but these opportunities diminish when women marry - a disadvantage … increasingly relevant when countries develop and urbanization progresses. Opening a household enterprise offers women an …

This paper examines trends in indicators of gender equality and women's development, using evidence derived from … Index and Gender Inequality Index to examine time trends. In recent decades, the world has moved closer to gender equality …

. Quantitatively, our estimates show that an increase in female-to-male labor force participation ratio by 1 percentage point is … specifications. The findings of this paper support the long-standing view that women empowerment contributes to the reduction of …

reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women’s economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy—along with the … women’s participation in the economy. This paper goes beyond previous Fund work by categorizing the key sources of laws that …

Labor markets in the UK have been characterized by markedly widening wage inequality for lowskill (non-college) women …-2019. For recent generations of women, cohort effects indicate a higher likelihood of employment in low-paying manual jobs … low-skill women born in 1990 relative to those born in 1970 …