In a series of papers in the late 1980s and early 1990s, Amartya Sen coined the phrase 'missing women' to refer to the … the developing world. He estimated then that the number of missing women was about 100 million. A subsequent debate has … number of 'missing women' at the turn of the millennium based on the latest census data and investigate the determinants of …

since the late 1980s. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, married women's labor … incomes and husband's education as well as the falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the demand side, the sectors …

1987 and 2009. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, women's labor force …'s education, stigmas against educated women engaging in menial work, and falling selectivity of highly educated women. On the … demand side, employment in sectors appropriate for educated women grew less than the supply of educated workers, leading many …

Enhancing women's participation in the labour force has been seen as a way to promote their empowerment which in turn … relationship between women's employment status and domestic violence is less clear-cut. Motivated by this ambiguity, this study … explores the effect of women's employment measured by their participation in paid work outside the home on reported spousal …

of service delivery and women's democratic participation. Using survey data from the Sangli district, Maharashtra, we … the democratic participation of the women in the female sarpanch villages, again driven by the impact of female sarpanchs … elected 3 1/2 years before the survey. The democratic participation of women, in turn, affects the availability of services …

, differences in levels of FLFP across the world related to historical contingencies are much more important determinants of women … comparisons and allow for a direct test of the effect of structural change on women's economic activity. Our results suggest that …

, and Southeast Asia, Middle East & North Africa, and Latin America), the effect of women's employment on reported domestic … violence is estimated. An instrumental Variables technique is used to correct for the potential endogeneity of women …, these results turn out to be the opposite, which suggests that women's employment status has a negative influence on …