We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly … background and work experience, and less by financial assets and family background. Personal traits (such as self-esteem or 'grit …') do not explain gender differences. Our findings suggest early interventions may reduce gender differences in labour …

sources: first, the inheritance of innate abilities and social network of family from parents by children; and second, capital … occupations such as services and sales. The findings highlight the fact that children of parents employed in high-paying and … intergenerational linkages are important in Ghana; specifically, the results show a positive significant influence of parents …

girls (ages 7-11) improves when either parents or sibling migrate, as well as when the household starts receiving … and remittances have no effect. Having a grandmother as the head of household after parents (typically fathers) migrate …

preferential access to a conditional cash transfer programme designed to facilitate investments in children's health and education … children, but is positive and significant for women without children. The effects on both education and labour income are …

employment in the nonprimary sector. Early motherhood, in turn, is associated with lower female schooling and a widening gender …

gender and child outcome matter. …

This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children …

. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all …

We use a recent first-hand linked employer-employee survey covering the formal sector of Bangladesh to explain gender …