attendance on women's labor market outcomes, including their total annual wages, household income, and poverty status. The … effects of childcare attendance differ by women's characteristics and are particularly strong for younger, more educated women …

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 ancient custom of dowry, that is, bride-to-groom marriage payments, remains ubiquitous in many contemporary … 1986-2007. Utilizing variation in firstborn gender and dowry amounts across marriage markets, the paper finds that the … prospect of higher dowry payments at the time of a daughter's marriage leads parents to save more in advance. The higher …

.52 percentage points, or 2.87 percent. That an improvement in women's employment opportunities is associated with increased violence … rate is associated with an increase in the incidence of physical violence against women by 0.50 percentage points, or 2 … which women have more limited access to divorce than men …

in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards …Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … achieve its primary objective of improving livelihoods by transitioning more women into work. The program has also expanded …

This paper evaluates an intervention to raise young women's economic empowerment in Sierra Leone, where women … impact of the Ebola outbreak on the economic lives of 4,700 women tracked over the crisis, and any ameliorating role played … school post-crisis. In treated villages, the unavailability of young women leads some older girls to use transactional sex as …