This paper provides the first global look at how gender discrimination by the law affects women’s economic opportunity … and charts the evolution of legal inequalities over five decades. Using the World Bank’s newly constructed Women, Business … and the Law database, it documents large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with regard to pay and treatment …

century regarding the women’s status in society, the gender gap in the business world has endured. Women hold jobs that are …Gender diversity in the workforce has proven its benefits. While there has been considerable progress over the last … culture on gender gap in the workforce. We focus on the power distance dimension that studies inequalities in a society. In …