This paper draws on history, anthropology, and economics to examine the dynamics and extent of women's contribution to …. Women's economic activities in the informal economy largely represent the commercialization of domestic skills and …. Although women's contribution to growth and economic development seems to be positive and significant in predominantly …

Bringing together history and economics, this paper presents a historical and processual understanding of women …'s economic marginalization in Sub-Saharan Africa from the pre-colonial period to the end of colonial rule. It is not that women … major arguments. First, it discusses the historical processes through which the labor of women was increasingly appropriated …

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 … saved about 33 million women between 1990 and 2012. The negative relationship between domestic violence legislation and …

-making or attitudes toward the general role of women in society …

Despite rapid economic growth, gender disparities in women's economic participation have remained deep and persistent … thus clearly matter for women's economic participation. However, there is a need to develop a better understanding of how …

This paper studies the effects of policies aimed at mitigating discrimination against women in the marketplace on the … inversely with the presence of skilled women (as agents of change) in the labor market and has a direct impact on their … presence of skilled women in the labor market, a trade-off may emerge with respect to female unemployment when anti …

persistence, and women's occupational constraints-- with particular emphasis on the role of access to infrastructure. The first … promoting the role of women in growth strategies …