Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper explores whether norms regarding the … appropriate pay for women compared to men may explain these findings. In order to capture the spatial variation in such norms, we … for the norm that “women and men shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value”. We find that the gender wage …

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for … women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens? approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss … constitution as a proxy for the norm that ?women and men shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value?. We find that …

The 'missing women' dilemma in India has sparked interest in investigating gender discrimination in the provision of …

of household income and a composite index of women empowerment, the paper finds evidence of women’s status influencing … food security. By raising the level of food security for some disadvantaged women’s groups female status is also found to …

Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper argues that norms on the appropriate pay for … women compared to men explain these findings. We take citizens? approval of an equal rights amendment to the Swiss … constitution as a proxy for the norm that ?women and men shall have the right to equal pay for work of equal value?. We find that …

Women's rising labor force participation since the 1960's was long seen as heralding decreasing gender inequalities …. According to influential social science writings this view has now to be revised; 'women friendly' policies bringing women into … the workforce are held to create major inequality tradeoffs between quantity and quality in women's jobs. Unintendedly …

Two decades of economic transition revealed that Russian women are on average less happy than men. This paper addresses …, with women, even if working, holding the main responsibility for housekeeping activities, is perceived as fair. Prime … results show that women's relative unhappiness is likely to be causes by their increasing earning powers with relative to men …

migrant women: gender and migrant condition. Our findings suggest that migrant women do face this double disadvantage. In both …