In this paper we examine gender differences in cocoa production in Cameroon using a survey of about 1000 cocoa …

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

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

Donors of foreign aid increasingly claim to consider gender inequality in the recipient countries to be a serious … concern. While aid specifically to promote gender equality receives only a tiny share of aid budgets, allocations to education …, health, and civil society projects could be affected by gender inequality concerns. In this paper, we investigate whether …

In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices Family code, Civil … liberties, Physical integrity, Son Preference and Ownership rights using variables of the OECD Gender, Institutions and … Development database. Instead of measuring gender inequalities in education, health, economic or political participation, these …

In 2005 and 2006, the Human Development Report Office undertook a review of UNDP's gender-related indicators …, particularly the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). Background papers as well as the … the two gender-related indicators and by presenting illustrative results for these proposed measures. The most important …