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Women's property ownership matters for their well-being and agency; it can also advance economic prosperity and promote … are more likely to own property than women. Within countries, gender gaps are most pronounced for groups that are already … disadvantaged, that is, the rural population and the poorest quintile. The disadvantage in property ownership experienced by women …
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The relationship between the length of paid maternity leave and the proportion of female workers in the private sector is explored using firm-level survey data for 66 mostly developing countries. The paper finds a large, positive, and statistically significant relationship between the two....
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This paper studies foreign direct investment spillovers on the gender-related labor market practices of domestic firms, based on a unique firm-to-firm data set of Bangladesh's textiles and garment sectors. The paper looks at the female employment of domestic firms that are directly and...
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