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

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 …

improves school attendance of young and teenage girls, but reduces school attendance of young women (ages 18-22). We also find … members may affect girls' and young women’s education: relaxation of budget constraints, increase in household work, change in …' schooling turns from positive to negative with girls' age; this implies that migration may be detrimental to women’s empowerment …

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 …

women pradhans, I estimate the effect of the Panchayati Raj institutions on age and autonomy over marriage. Results indicate … that women in local government decrease the likelihood of child marriage, and increase the age at first marriage and gauna … the implementation of reserved seats for women in local government. …

In developing countries, women's decisions concerning their children's health depend on 'empowerment' concerning … poverty measurement. The health of children is a latent variable; their height and weight are observed health indicators. We … apply the 'MIMIC' approach to the 2009 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. Children’s health is better when the woman …