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 … consistent with the idea that norms regarding the appropriate relative pay of women compared to men are shaping gender …Women earn less than men but are not less satisfied with life. This paper explores whether norms regarding the …

Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), advocating the multiple dimensions of women's rights, affects the level of women's rights in a … women's rights; in particular, (i) whether the effects are stronger if a member country has a higher level of democracy; and … (ii) whether the effects are most pronounced in the dimension of women's social rights, a special focus of the Convention …

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 …

Our paper focuses on the role that the gender composition of the leaders of American colleges and universities … institutions diversify their faculty across gender lines. We use institutional level panel data that we have collected for a large … administrators play a larger role in faculty hiring decisions. A critical share of female trustees must be reached before the gender …

use the share of female executives as a proxy for gender equality in welfare states; and (iii) psychological mechanisms …

of slightly different paths in which gender disparities have evolved over time. While in EU-15 women participation in …The aim of this paper is to examine the issues of gender disparities in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS … gender disparities in comparison to: EU-12 and EU-15, using data for the period 1985-2005. The study confirms the existence …

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 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 …