Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing …

Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing …

This survey argues that after decades of continuous progress in reducing gender inequality in developing and developed … countries, since about 2000, there has been an unexpected stagnation and regress in many dimensions of gender inequality in many … parts of the world. This is most visible in labor markets, but also visible across a range of dimensions of gender …

Gender relations are a key institution governing important aspects of production and reproduction of societies. They … heterogeneity in gender inequality in formal and informal social institutions. The literature on long‐term drivers of gender gaps … suggests that those gender gaps are related to long‐standing and regularly reproduced gender norms and values related to …

This survey argues that after decades of continuous progress in reducing gender inequality in developing and developed … countries, since about 2000, there has been an unexpected stagnation and regress in many dimensions of gender inequality in many … parts of the world. This is most visible in labor markets, but also visible across a range of dimensions of gender …

. First, the impact of fertility decline on gender bias in mortality is examined. Contrary to the expectations of some authors …, fertility decline has not generally led to an intensification of gender bias in mortality. Second, the paper finds that the …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We …

This paper studies the impact of an affirmative action policy on occupational segregation by gender in South Africa. We …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … humanities. This gender disparity is not driven by gender specific differences in mathematical ability, as the gap remains large …

Gender relations are a key institution governing important aspects of production and reproduction of societies. They … heterogeneity in gender inequality in formal and informal social institutions. The literature on long-term drivers of gender gaps … suggests that those gender gaps are related to long-standing and regularly reproduced gender norms and values related to …