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 …

This paper examines women's power relative to that of their husbands in 23 Sub-Saharan African countries to determine … how it affects women's health, reproductive outcomes, children's health, and children's education. The analysis uses a … novel measure of women's empowerment that is closely linked to classical theories of power, built from spouses' often …

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

A large body of research has attempted to explore the links between women's autonomy and their uptake of reproductive … Living Standards Measurement Survey to examine the influence of household decision making on women's uptake of reproductive … health services. The analysis finds that women's decision-making power has a significant positive correlation with …

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 …

-period OLG model that accounts for women's time allocation between market work, child rearing, human capital accumulation, and … terms of women's time allocation and bargaining power, may have a substantial impact on long-run growth in Brazil …

Women's ownership, use, and control over property matter for their well-being and agency and can influence outcomes for … the second generation -- women's daughters and sons. Additionally, gender gaps in property ownership induce allocative …-Saharan Africa to shine a spotlight on gaps between men and women in land and housing (property) ownership and analyze patterns …

Several economies have laws that treat women differently from men. This study explores the degree of such legal gender … associated with a wide range of outcomes, including years of education of women relative to men, labor force participation rates … of women relative to men, proportion of women top managers, proportion of women in parliament, percentage of women that …

the intersection of gender and indigenous identity confers cumulative disadvantage for indigenous women in literacy, years …