for about 11 percent of firms and are more prevalent in countries with better rule of law, gender equality, and stronger … related to gender equality, it is smaller where there isless emphasis on personal networks (better rule of law, lower trade … credit linkages, lower usage of bank credit, and more equalizing internet), less competition, and the culture is more …

procedures, tariffs, and rights to small-scale traders to facilitate border crossings, lower corruption, and reduce gender … gender-based violence by 5.4 percentage points (30.5 percentage points among compliers). The paper assesses competing …

Gender disparities in small and medium-size enterprise lending exist around the world and impede the growth of millions … of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer … bias is measured through a novel loan application experiment conducted with 77 loan officers in Turkish banks. The analysis …

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

and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender …

The Sustainable Development Goals set a triple educational objective: improve access to, quality of, and gender equity … objectives simultaneously, in rural India. Using an experiment in 230 schools, the paper measures the effects of the program on ….7 percent in the second), reducing gender gaps in school retention. The findings show large learning gains of 0.323 standard …

individuals' work activities. The problem is further complicated by the presence of widespread gender stratification of work and …