activity but is not counted as part of GDP. Women disproportionately shoulder the burden of unpaid work: on average, women do … two more hours of unpaid work per day than men, with large differences across countries. While much unpaid care work is …

around 80 percent for men but only 50 percent for women - nearly half of women's productive potential remains untapped …Women across the world remain an underutilized resource in the labor force. Participation in the labor force averages … compared to one-fifth for men. Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), as a region, saw the largest gains in female labor force …

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

We show that gender inequality decreases the variety of goods countries produce and export, in particular in low-income …

micro-level data to explore what explains low participation and employment rates among women in the region. Our findings …The Western Balkan countries have some of the lowest female labor force participation and employment rates across … Europe. Almost two-thirds of working age women in the region are either inactive or unemployed: a huge bite into human …

unemployment and debt. The paper illustrates in a downside scenario, how low potential growth and crisis legacies leave the euro …