This article investigates the causal relationship between women's schooling and fertility by exploiting variation … model finds that the removal of school fees led to an increase in schooling for Ethiopian women and that each additional … women's ideal number of children …

correlation is only present among women with less education or who were younger at first marriage. These results are consistent … entering the labor force as a husband seeks to counteract her increased bargaining power. By contrast, husbands of women who … inconsistent with the implications of a reverse causality model in which women enter the labor force to escape violent situations …

This paper studies the incidence and determinants of episodes of drastic unemployment reduction, defined as swift …, substantial, and sustained declines in unemployment. Forty-three episodes are identified over a period of nearly three decades in … 94 rich, middle-income, and transition countries. Unemployment reductions often coincide with an acceleration of growth …

of occupational segregation, the program had a surprising effect. For women who at baseline were implicitly biased … against associating women with professional attributes, the likelihood that the program induced switching into the information … and communications technology sector was more than three times as large than that of unbiased women. These results suggest …

This study aims to understand women's engagement in economic activities in rural Honduras and why these activities may … not be accurately reflected in official statistics. The study finds that women underreport their engagement in economic … percentage points. Two main explanations are found. First, women identify themselves (and are identified) primarily as housewives …

This paper seeks to fill a knowledge gap relative to the low uptake of services for women living in situations of … protect women from domestic violence. Through qualitative research, this paper explores the experience of women survivors of … violence against women (VAW) in seeking help to exit abusive relationships, with the aim of identifying avenues to strengthen …

since 2001, women's employment participation across South Asian countries has been low and broadly unchanged; (ii) the … some countries, and; (v) women with mid-level education tend to have lower employment rates than those with both lower and …

Around the world, women face persistent barriers in seeking to enter the labor force, attain leadership positions, and … launch businesses. Gender inequality not only prevents women from achieving their full potential and gaining economic …, policymakers face the timely challenge of ensuring that women are not left behind in the development agenda. This working paper …