Would countercyclical fiscal policy during recessions improve or worsen the gender employment gap? We give an answer to … this question by exploring the state-dependent impact of fiscal spending shocks on employment by gender in the G-7 … supporting aggregate demand and improving gender gaps …

This study investigates the effect of gender budgeting in India on gender inequality and fiscal spending. Gender … budgeting is an approach to budgeting in which governments use fiscal policies and administration to address gender inequality … framework for assessing the effect of gender budgeting. States with gender budgeting efforts have made more progress on gender …

This paper examines the link between gender diversity in senior corporate positions and financial performance of 2 … senior positions and establish two potential channels through which gender diversity may affect firm performance. The …

This paper examines the macroeconomic interaction between informality and gender inequality in the labor market. A … dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model is built to study the impact of gender-targeted policies on female labor force … participation, female formal employment, gender wage gap, as well as on aggregate economic outcomes. The model is estimated using …

This paper provides an overview of the relation between tax policy and gender equality, covering labor, capital and … wealth, as well as consumption taxes. It considers implicit and explicit gender biases and corrective taxation. On labor …

Achieving gender equality remains a significant challenge, that has only deepened with the on-set of the COVID-19 … pandemic. Gender budgeting (GB) can help promote gender equality by applying a gender perspective to fiscal policies and the … and data gathered from an IMF survey. All G20 countries have enacted gender focused fiscal policies but the public …

The COVID-19 pandemic and lockdowns have led to a rise in gender-based violence. In this paper, we explore the economic …

a possible widening of gender and inter-generational inequality and provide important inputs for the formulation of …

This paper examines gender inequality in the context of structural transformation and rebalancing in China. We document … sector productivity can boost both gender equality and economic growth in China …