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 … women-to-men adult mortality rates is robust to several checks and also confirmed using the instrumental variables approach …

traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over … the firm performance and characteristics of women in male-dominated sectors (crossovers) with women who are in female … results show that crossovers do not necessarily have more education or greater skills than noncrossovers. Rather, women …

and identifies several factors that have altered the bargaining position of men and women over the last decades. It then … reviews empirical work on the contribution of men, as fathers and husbands, to the health and socioeconomic outcomes of women … focus on men rather than exclusively target women …

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 …

-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 …

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 …

skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half …

, candidates can face a penalty in the form of lower callback rates. A significant penalty is only observed for women, not for men …

of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer … finds that 35 percent of the loan officers are biased against female applicants, with women receiving loan amounts $14 …,000 lower on average compared with men. Experience in the banking sector can attenuate this bias, with each year of experience …