It is expected that increasing female labor force participation (FLFP) rate, due to the gender wage gap, reduces the unit labor costs, and therefore increases profit rates. Using a dataset of 130 countries for 1990-2019, this paper shows that while FLFP increases profit share in highincome...

The returns from individual accounts in pension schemes are subject to fluctuations in capital markets. This increases income uncertainty for the beneficiary and exposes individuals to the risk of fluctuations in the economy in general, and of the stock market in particular. This fact has...

This paper examines the gender implications of Turkey's private pension scheme introduced in 2003 as a part of ongoing social security reform. While there is a growing literature on Turkey's social security reform, there are no studies on the gender dimension of social security and gender...