reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women's economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal …It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries' domestic laws have prevented women from … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy-along with the …

We examine the impact of gender equality on electoral violence in Africa using micro-level data from the sixth round of … Afrobarometer surveys. The sample covers 30 countries. We find that gender equality is associated with lower electoral violence … results are robust to alternative ways to measure electoral violence and gender equality, as well as to alternative …

This paper examines gender inequality in the context of structural transformation and rebalancing in China. We document … declining women's relative wages and labor force participation in China during the last two decades, despite rapid growth and … economic development and women's labor market outcomes. Using a model of structural transformation, we show that labor market …

activity but is not counted as part of GDP. Women disproportionately shoulder the burden of unpaid work: on average, women do …-wide productivity. In this paper, we examine recent trends in unpaid work around the world using aggregate and individual-level data …

negatively impact health, education, and economic outcomes for women. The roadmap to gender equality has to rely on legal …This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to … address these. With women accounting for fifty percent of the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it …

particularly high among women. Nevertheless, widespread income reduction was observed both in rural and urban households. This … could worsen the opportunities for women as husbands' control over the household resource is the norm. The paper also finds … that rural children struggled to continue learning during school closures. Gender-sensitive policies are needed to narrow …

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 …

gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that an increase in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …Gender gaps in womens' economic opportunities-labor market and entrepreneurship-have remained high in India. Lack of … adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them to rely on informal sources …

financial inclusion-in general, and for women in particular. We find that structural country characteristics, such as resource … place, and more diffuse gender norms as possible explanatory factors …

Using individual level data on task composition at work for 30 advanced and emerging economies, we find that women, on …-country heterogeneity. The probability of automation is lower for younger cohorts of women, and for those in managerial positions …