gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females … controlling for individual policy priorities does not offset the gender gap, but those women who are interested in politics are …

gender gap in democratic attitudes, there have been no attempts to explain it. In this paper we try to understand why females … controlling for individual characteristics does not offset the gender gap, but our results indicate that the gap is eroded by high …

The aim of this paper is to analyze the factors underlying the gender gap in African electoral and inter … democracies, the empirical findings suggest that while there is a gender gap in both voting and inter-electoral participation, the … determinants of participation, they explain only a very modest share of the observed gender gaps. We do find, however, that gender …

Mozambique. Gender roles, shaped by patriarchal norms, place heavy work obligations on women. Time-use data from a primary …

Health Surveys with data on rainfall variability and find a substantial gender difference favouring boys following droughts … gender gap following droughts, especially for infants with mothers who are not working. In contrast, there is no gender … the lower fertility preferences of more educated women. In total, the results indicate a large and socially founded gender …

. The second measures the extent of the gender performance gap among informal entrepreneurs and explores the existence of … gender-differentiated effects of sharing norms and the allocation of tasks within the household on the technical efficiency …

Comparison between Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and East Asia indicates that gender inequality in education and employment … reducing gender-based asset inequality in SSA is an important development goal. This report documents the structural role of … case that reducing gender inequality would increase growth, efficiency, and welfare. The authors make key recommendations …

liberalization is found to increase the gender wage gap in favor of men, especially among unskilled workers, as men are more active … as food crops. Furthermore, the ensuing growth effects further widen the over-all gender wage gap, as the productivity …

and cultural consumption. However, empirical analyses consistently report that gender is an essential determinant of …), this research integrates several explanations of the gender gap in highbrow cultural participation. A negative binomial … involvement by gender in the labor force; and 4) the influence of marriage, on women’s and men’s cultural participation. A …