enhance both gender equality and development that female economic empowerment may be close to being a “magic potion …

childbearing experiences among United States’ women. It sheds light on the physiological and social nature of this relationship by …, women’s social characteristics, and their ability to marry. We analyze data from two female cohorts who participated in the …/ethnicity and women’s educational background as confounders masks some of these associations, which are evident for both White and …

In this empirical study, it’s investigated differences of part-time working rates between men and women in the period … national definition. In the literature, there are some studies that investigate fertility rates and part-time employment rates … of women. The correlation of these two variables that are belonged the years 2000-2012 is tested and the findings are …

working women. This evidence is suggestive that group dynamics are an important factor in driving the gender difference. Other …This paper studies gender interactions within hierarchical organizations using a large data set on the duration of … when we control for municipality fixed effects as well as for non-random sorting of women into municipalities using …

the contrary, men living farther away from urban and maquila jobs are more likely to work. However, women living in … greater isolation are highly concentrated in own-production agricultural activities, where women's skills are rewarded less … than comparable men's skills. Through concentration into this sector, women living in geographic isolation obtain worse …

gender inequalities in democratic outcomes. In its attempt to overcome this shortcoming, this study introduces the concept of … “female agency” to study the impact of gender inequalities on the democratization process. The results of both panel data and … cross sectional data analysis show that women’s unequal position, both in the private and in the public sphere, are …