skills have greater explanatory power than personality traits in determining mean wages. Unconditional quantile regressions … show that cognitive attainment as measured by reading and numeracy seems to confer different benefits on women and men … respectively. The Big Five trait of agreeableness is positively associated with females' wages across the wage distribution …

skilled workers or just increasing the overall average wages. On the supply side, FDI can enrich the skilled labour force of … effects of FDI, but finds positive demand side effect of FDI of raising wage inequality and average wages. The results remain …

Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest … that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon … cent of the missing women are 'missing' from Africa. This paper employs a novel methodology to determine how the phenomenon …

child penalty and the prevailing gender norms and family policies in the region. We find that motherhood reduces women …

This paper analyses whether living in a locality with high crime against women affects the probability of early …, we find evidence to support our hypothesis. The results show that perceived crime against women in the locality … findings are relevant as under-age marriage has negative consequences for the well-being of women in terms of health, education …

Tanzania. Our findings indicate that, compared to men, women are less likely to participate in the labour market and less …. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with … wage employment probability differential suggests that the possibility of gender discrimination against women in urban …

The impact of childbirth on the labour market participation of women has been discussed extensively in the context of … major events (education, marriage, and childbirth) and the concurrent employment status of men and women over their adult … lives. Using an event study method, we estimate the impact of first childbirth on women s labour market participation. Our …

The impact of childbirth on women's employment has been discussed extensively in the context of developed countries … paper, we use primary data from India, collected via a life history calendar administered to men and women separately. Using … an event study method, we estimate the impact of the first childbirth on women's labour market participation. Our main …

children do not reflect the true extent of son preference in high fertility countries such as Pakistan, where the success of …