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 …

The Middle East and North Africa region is known for having low female labor market participation rates as compared … of the U-shape hypothesis when countries transition from declining to rising female participation rates. This paper tests … world regions in terms of the main drivers of the U-shape hypothesis, including gross domestic product per capita, economic …

discriminate against women influence their engagement in the economy. The study adopts a holistic approach, exploring an overall … measure of unequal laws also known as legal gender disparities, and relates it to several labor market outcomes for women …. Using data for more than 60,000 firms across 104 economies, the study finds that unequal laws not only discourage women …

only some countries signing the free trade agreement. Women's employment grows faster than men's employment, as most of the … sectors that benefit due to these free trade agreements are women intensive. Growth in women's employment and wages in South …

Disasters in Bangladesh and protests elsewhere have created an intense debate about the value, particularly to women … Multi-Fibre Arrangement (MFA), have affected women's wages in the apparel sector in developing countries. The paper uses … apparel exports for women in developing countries remain significant post-MFA. They also model an approach for studying the …

activities as economic activity. These results have implications for understanding the low labor force participation of women in …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 …

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 …

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 …