the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates. Using panel … lower women-to-men adult mortality rates. According to conservative estimations, domestic violence legislation would have … women-to-men adult mortality rates is robust to several checks and also confirmed using the instrumental variables approach …

Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women in conflict and non-conflict settings, but …-based difference-in-difference model to examine the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on women's experience of physical and sexual … intimate partner violence. It also examines the effect of the Boko Haram insurgency on women's experience of controlling …

The adverse impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic is being disproportionately borne by women, further … responsibilities, women have been disproportionately affected by the secondary impacts of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Women …. Not unexpectedly, women's greater disadvantage, limited access to support, subjection to domestic violence and structural …

traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over … the firm performance and characteristics of women in male-dominated sectors (crossovers) with women who are in female … results show that crossovers do not necessarily have more education or greater skills than noncrossovers. Rather, 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 …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

Women's property ownership matters for their well-being and agency; it can also advance economic prosperity and promote … systems. The study finds that there is substantial variation in gender gaps across countries, but in almost all countries men … are more likely to own property than women. Within countries, gender gaps are most pronounced for groups that are already …

skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half …

efforts to improve women's status in the long term. Consequently, governments of countries in these regions have employed …

, candidates can face a penalty in the form of lower callback rates. A significant penalty is only observed for women, not for men …