gender earnings differentials in the country's transition to a market economy. Women's gains in the early transition are due … many years of education as men, women were more likely to have obtained more general secondary and university degrees than …

The effects of policy interventions on women are of increasing concern to policy makers in all fields, and trade is no … exception. This note reviews recent World Bank projects and studies that "gender inform" trade-related interventions, and it … uses the Bank's experience to promote gender-equal opportunities by highlighting entry points at which trade projects …

The financial crisis of 2008-09 has highlighted the need for greater attention to gender, both to address the … vulnerability of countries to global shocks and to reach growth and poverty reduction goals. Investments in girls and women need to … stresses and harness demographic opportunities for growth. This is the case because the fate of women and girls, especially in …

We address the issues raised by commentators on our paper in the symposium “Why few women in economics.†The … of women in economics and the natural sciences, today women’s and men’s mathematical skills are rapidly approaching … each other. Experimental economics have found gender differences in preferences in risk taking, competitiveness, and social …

This paper comments on the lead symposium article, “Reaching the Top?–On Gender Balance in the Economics Profession …, and DNA, I show that the representation of women in the economics profession may be largely driven by persistent … women in economics may be to change economics itself so that it focuses on the actually-existing strengths of women in areas …

Economics will always have few women so long as Max U rules the roost. …

This paper comments on the lead symposium article, “Reaching the Top?–On Gender Balance in the Economics Profession … few women even in (or especially in) western Europe. This comment presents an alternative explanation, called preference … theory, based on women’s greater propensity to prefer work-life balance, in contrast to men’s greater propensity to prefer …