status of women. Although historically globalization is not generally linked to the advancement of women, several recent … country studies find export led growth in middle and low income countries is associated with improvements in women … suggest the mechanisms by which it operates? Measures of wages for men and women are an unreliable basis for study of gender …

women to participate in these disciplines. This drop in social barrier materializes - later - by the authorization for women … of women in that sector and population mean, becomes more positive after removal of the social barrier. …

when we control for municipality fixed effects as well as non-random sorting of women into municipalities using regression … women. The evidence is suggestive that female mayors are less able at fostering cooperation among men, or alternatively …, that men are more reluctant to be headed by women. Other interpretations receive less support in the data. Our results may …

factors to the decline in the gender wage gap: changes across cohorts in the relative slopes of men's and women's age …

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 …