research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly … proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment. Analysing survey data on 2,036 tertiary graduates in Ghana …, we find that males have a stronger preference for self-employment. This is mostly explained by differences in educational …