We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has …

We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative …

This paper analyses the implication of contract farming on gender inequalities in rural Mozambique. Contract farming is … contracts' implications for gender equality, both across and within households. We look both at the participation of female …

Reducing gender inequality is a critically important development challenge, especially in countries with widespread and … Vietnamese men to reflect about gender equality can reduce their gender bias. We randomly selected two groups of husbands and … requested one group to make comments on gender-related laws and another group to write stories about gender equality. We find …

This paper examines peer effects on students' gender norm perceptions and skills formation. I use a Uruguayan … leads to more progressive gender norms. Furthermore, these effects in gender perceptions are driven mostly by male students … to female peers operates not only by reducing traditional gender perceptions but also by changing actual behaviour …

techniques to examine the effect of gender wage differences within households on women's empowerment and welfare in Ghana. The … structural parameters of the post-double selection LASSO estimations show that a reduction in household gender wage gap … significantly enhances women's empowerment. Also, a decline in household gender wage gap results meaningfully in improving household …

In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are … confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around gender roles … education, employment, fertility, social life, gender norms and more, we observe an increase of 10 percentage points in the raw …

This paper examines gender inequality and female empowerment in rural Viet Nam. Using an extensive panel dataset on 2 … transformation, 2008 - 14. We find that while the economic situation of women has improved, significant gender disparities remain …

an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …