about children's schooling are more important to adult welfare than property inheritance. Significant gender inequality in …. There are a number of other pronounced gender differences, with intergenerational linkages coming through the mother rather …

In this paper, survey data are used to document the presence of gender gaps in self-employment, employership, and labor … force participation in seven Balkan countries and Turkey. The paper examines the quantitative effects of the gender gaps on … force participation. The dimensions of these gender gaps and their associated costs vary considerably across age groups …

contributed to gender convergence in labor force participation and employment rates. Gender differences are concentrated among the …This paper investigates gender differences in the impact of Brazil's trade liberalization on labor market outcomes. To … force participation and employment rates, but the effects on men were significantly larger. Thereby, tariff reductions …

patterns of educational mobility from 1992/93 to 2006, with a special emphasis on the roles played by gender and geography. The … the available estimates for Latin American countries. There is a persistent gender gap in rural and less-developed areas …

several gender-based or gender-related experiments -- a reduction in the cost of child rearing, improved wage equality in the …

A vast literature shows the importance of socioemotional skills in earnings and employment, but whether they matter in …. The study does not find evidence of other gender differences in the hiring process …

Gender disparities in small and medium-size enterprise lending exist around the world and impede the growth of millions … of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer … reducing gender biased loan allocations by 6 percent. The results suggest that loan officers may use gender bias as a heuristic …

reform to promote gender equity and advocacy efforts, offer more promise by bringing about permanent shifts in the relative …

This paper examines the role of industrial and occupational segregation in explaining the gender wage gap and its … evolution in Georgia between 2004 and 2015. It first documents the declining trends observed in the gender wage gap in Georgia … employment patterns by industry and occupations are highly concentrated in the country and measures the degree of segregation …