This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

Using a cross-section of more than 29,000 manufacturing firms in 64 developing and emerging countries from the World … between men and women and excluding traditional export sectors (apparel and electronics) from the sample. The female labor … share premium is much higher for production workers compared with non-production workers, implying that women specialize in …

Women's property ownership matters for their well-being and agency; it can also advance economic prosperity and promote … comprehensive overview of gender differences in property ownership in the developing world. Using Demographic and Health Survey data … are more likely to own property than women. Within countries, gender gaps are most pronounced for groups that are already …

only some countries signing the free trade agreement. Women's employment grows faster than men's employment, as most of the … sectors that benefit due to these free trade agreements are women intensive. Growth in women's employment and wages in South …

assembles a new data set covering all employees at the World Bank Group between 1987 and 2015 and shows that historical … differences in the positions for which men and women were hired account for 77 percent of today's average salary difference …