This paper studies the effect of trade liberalization on an under-explored aspect of wage inequality - gender … gender. A reduction in tariffs induces more productive firms to modernize their technology and enter the export market. New … relative wage and employment of women improves in blue-collar tasks, but not in white-collar tasks. We test our model using a …

The empowerment of women within households remains a major issue around the world including in Africa. We have … conducted a study in Burundi coupling discussion sessions with microfinancing to determine if they enhance the role of women in …

We analyze the spatial determinants of female entrepreneurship in India in the manufacturing and services sectors. We …

Can greater control over earned income incentivize women to work and influence gender norms? In collaboration with … private sectors. In the long run, gender norms liberalized: women who received direct deposit and training became more … Indian government partners, we provided rural women with individual bank accounts and randomly varied whether their wages …

Where social norms favor gender segregation, firms may find it costly to employ both men and women. If the costs of …

new technology and access information at a higher rate, the economic impact of access is larger for women …