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 …

. The study does not find evidence of other gender differences in the hiring process …

This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it affects women … Women, Business and the Law database, the paper documents large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with regard …

comprehensive overview of gender differences in property ownership in the developing world. Using Demographic and Health Survey data … from 41 developing countries, this paper seeks to fill this gap, by investigating the extent of gender gaps in the … systems. The study finds that there is substantial variation in gender gaps across countries, but in almost all countries men …

This paper contributes to better understanding firms' discriminatory behavior in the presence of gender-based legal … representation among the upper echelons of management and participation in the overall workforce. The negative relationship between …

and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender … economic sectors. In the information technology sector, women were 15 percentage points less likely to receive a callback than …

This study seeks to examine gender gaps and disability issues in education in Indonesia, and to suggest policy actions … drivers of gender differences, as well as issues of social inclusion, and to explore policy approaches to improve learning … progress on gender parity in education; however, the national averages mask important variations at the subnational level …

This paper proposes a new decomposition method to understand how gender pay gaps arise within firms. The method …