ante players' abilities. It is found that a larger prize spread encourages women to increase effort, even when controlling …

There is evidence that women are more likely to live in poverty than men. Given the fact that the poor are more likely … to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare …

community HIV prevalence. We show that HIV-infected women have significantly lower fertility. In contrast to Young (2005 …), however, we find that local community HIV prevalence has no significant effect on non-infected women's fertility. …

by sub-regions, the magnitude of the colonial vestige in Africa is a significant determinant of emigration flows. Overall …

but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional …This paper investigates cyclicality in women's labour supply motivated by the hypothesis that it contributes to ….1 million women in 63 developing and transition countries merged with country-level panel data on GDP during 1986-2006. The …

Africa. Five challenges resulting from this crisis are identified: a production challenge, an underutilization challenge, a …

In recent years, the private sector has been recognized as a key engine of Africa's economic development. Yet, the most … sector countries are concentrated in Western Africa (Cote d'Ivoire, Guinea, Niger, Senegal and Togo), Central Africa … (Cameroun, Republic of Congo) and Eastern Africa (Kenya, Sudan, Uganda and Tanzania), with the addition of Mauritius. Countries …