reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal …, and the United States) that rank high in gender equality in their respective regions demonstrate how legal reforms have …

This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to … promotes gender equality. Despite recent progress, gender gaps remain across all stages of life, including before birth, and … negatively impact health, education, and economic outcomes for women. The roadmap to gender equality has to rely on legal …

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 …

-country comparisons indicate strong associations between gender gaps and higher female informality. This paper uses microdata from Senegal …

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 …

We study whether higher gender equality facilitates economic growth by enabling better allocation of a valuable … resource: female labor. By allocating female labor to its more productive use, we hypothesize that reducing gender inequality … women grow relatively faster in countries with ex-ante lower gender inequality. The test allows us to identify the causal …