On the current pace of reforms, global gender gaps are estimated to close, using deterministic (linear or log … efforts, gender gaps may in fact never close. Using Markov chains, a common approach in macroeconomics, this paper analyzes … the dynamics of the cross-country distribution of the gender gap in labor force participation. This methodology does not …

overview for non-gender-experts on how fiscal expenditure may support female economic empowerment as an interim step toward … advancing gender equality. From this perspective, it offers a preliminary exploration of key factors and indicators associated … with gender-differentiated impacts in each of five main categories of public spending (education, health, capital …

countries. We find that being a social media or internet user is linked to a higher likelihood of people supporting gender …'s perceptions of gender equality in political leadership are more sensitive to internet and social media use than men's. The paper …

The unequal treatment of women in the law is one of the most visible forms of gender inequality. Prevalent legal … constraints on the basis of gender prevent women, and thereby economies, from reaching their true potential. In this regard, this … paper (i) documents the evolution of gender discriminatory laws around the globe, and (ii) sheds light on the role of legal …

Fintech, which delivers financial services digitally, promises to promote financial inclusion and close the gender gap … female employment and reduces gender inequality, the effect being more pronounced in firms without traditional financial …

resource windfall commands a lower level of public capital but a higher level of redistribution through transfers. Second …

We study credit card rewards as an ideal laboratory to quantify redistribution between consumers in retail financial … without rewards. We estimate an aggregate annual redistribution of $15 billion from less to more educated, poorer to richer …

how individual uncertainty creates a bias for the status quo even under irreversible voting decisions, in contrast with … voting decisions. Thus, risk neutral individuals exhibit what we call political risk aversion. Yet individual uncertainty is …