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 …