reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in … current intra-household gender-disparities in getting medical care at least for life threatening illnesses …

This dissertation focuses on the relationship between gender equality and economic development, broadly defined. Since … the seminal work of Ester Boserup (1970), gender equality is widely understood as being both an instrument for and a … the consequences of gender inequality for economic development? (Chapter 1.) And what are its causes—i.e., why do we …

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 …

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 … countries using a unique, household-survey based aggregate data base including 69 developing countries between 1980 and 2011. We …