of time-use survey data from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico shows that: (i) women make up 63% to 84% of long …-term family caregivers and account for 72% to 88% of total hours of LTC; (ii) consistently across countries, women who provide LTC … the number of hours worked among women ages 5064 who remain employed (by 7.03%). This finding has important implications …

-demographic cohorts - notably, women, parents with two or more young children, and individuals with lower levels of education - faced …

-based approach with a gender perspective in this region. Our main findings indicate that men are more likely than women to perform … communications technology, management and communication, and creative problem-solving tasks. Women thus have a higher average risk of … automation, and 21% of women vs. 19% of men are at high risk (probability of automation greater than 70%). The differential …

this old border, we document a strong asymmetry in the persistence of the culture in which women were raised. Whereas East …

Violence has a striking gender pattern. Men are more likely to be attacked by a stranger, while women experience … violence mostly from their partners. This paper estimates the costs of violence against women in terms of intangible outcomes …, such as women’s reproductive health, labor supply, and the welfare of their children. The study uses a sample of nearly 83 …

Violence against women (VAW) is only beginning to be recognized as a major societal problem within and across Asia …. This is evidenced by the high level of self-reporting by men and women of sexual violence and domestic violence in recent … particularly via the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) and the pressure exerted …

information on the prevalence of spousal abuse and threats of violence against women. Constructing comparable groups of …