. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …

Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people is widespread, and LGBTI … is a development challenge; not only because discrimination is inherently unjust, but also because "there are substantial … programs. This study documents, for the first time, discrimination against LGBTI people in access to education and housing in …

Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) people is widespread and LGBTI … development challenge; not only because discrimination is inherently unjust, but also because "there are substantial costs …

servants' performance-enhancing characteristics, democratization increases discrimination. The author test this argument using …

The role of employer discrimination in widening labor market differences between men and women has been hypothesized … men. No discrimination against or in favor of women is found in engineering, whereas in marketing and finance, women were … may suffer from discrimination based on their physical appearance. Veiled women were 8.5 percentage points less likely to …

The paper develops a new theory of group discrimination in which the discrimination in favor or against certain groups … complementarity between doing different tasks. The theory helps us understand discrimination in free markets and the .finding of some … constant. The model gives insight into the relation between group size, discrimination, and productivity …

Labor market discrimination is very difficult to pinpoint, even more difficult to measure and almost impossible to … the manner in which discrimination plays out and how it is related to different forms of social stratification. This paper … reviews the literature and makes two main contributions: first, it builds a four-fold typology to think about discrimination …

Improving the livelihoods of poor households and transitioning more women back to the labor force is a major challenge … in South Asia. Self-employment promoted through women's groups has often been cited as a promising intervention towards … achieve its primary objective of improving livelihoods by transitioning more women into work. The program has also expanded …

Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes … performance of women-owned micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia. The trainings were underpinned by psychology with a mission to …-efficacy, personal initiative, and entrepreneurial locus of control to the women, relative to a control group. The study finds suggestive …

In patriarchal societies, sticky norms affect married women's social circles, their autonomy, and the outcomes of intra …-household bargaining. This paper uses primary data on women's social networks in Uttarakhand, India; the modal woman has only three friends … significant peer effects on only a few of the examined measures of women's autonomy. In contrast, peer effects exist on all …