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 …

We study the effects of monetary policy shocks on employment gender gaps in a panel of 22 countries using quarterly … shocks, narrowing the employment gender gap over time. Two factors contribute to explaining this heterogeneous effect. First … market adjustment, the narrowing of the gender employment gap is initially driven by a reduction in the gender unemployment …

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 …

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 …

including gender considerations in budget programs and policies. Other arguments have a weaker economic basis but may be more … socially or politically compelling. The experience to date with "gender budgeting," which entails looking at gender issues … comprehensively within the budget, has been mixed. To become more useful, gender budgeting should be integrated into budget processes …

This survey examines the implications of gender differences in economic behavior for macroeconomic policy. It finds … that reducing gender inequality and improving the status of women may contribute to higher rates of economic growth and …. Macroeconomic policies should take into account the benefits of reducing gender inequalities, especially in the lowest …