This paper studies the impact of gender and ethnicity on educational outcomes using cross-country evidence from Bolivia … estimation method analogous to difference-in-differences, the paper finds that gender-based differences in literacy, primary … gender and ethnicity confers cumulative disadvantage for minority groups, especially in Latin America. The paper discusses …

Wealth and gender inequity in the accumulation of cognitive skills is measured as the association between subject … competency and wealth and gender using the OECD?s Programme for International Student Assessment. Wealth inequity is found to … gender differences through school characteristics. These findings suggest that wealth inequity in the accumulation of …

and gender composition of migrants, whether or not young migrants move alone or with a parent or spouse, their …

less likely to be active in commercial farming than their male counterparts. These gender differences in land productivity … and participation between male and female farmers are due to gender differences in access to inputs, resources, and … nontraditional export sector. In general, gender gaps do not appear to fall systematically with growth, and they appear to rise with …

This report reviews the literature on the links between energy access, welfare, and gender in order to provide evidence … on where gender considerations in the energy sector matter and how they might be addressed. Prepared as a background … document for the 2012 World Development Report on Gender Equality and Development, and part of the Social Development …

respond to declining income with coping strategies that can vary significantly by gender. In the past, women from low …-income countries, by contrast, the effects on children's schooling and health are more nuanced, and gender differences less salient …

channels that remained bureaucratically managed, leading to substantial wealth redistribution. The increase in water theft was …

The role of inherited wealth in modern economies has increasingly come under scrutiny. This study presents one of the … share of total wealth in a given economy. Thus, aging is not likely to explain a recent surge in this share in some advanced …