The chapter examines how the various dimensions of economic inequality between men and women are analyzed today. Beyond … the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … large and comparable data sets or to conventional approaches that limit the possibilities to compare men and women. …

With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the … was partly explained by the drastic increases in the school attainment of women, the reduction in fertility and the … show that social norms, attitudes towards women in the society and public policies are important determinants of these …

brief case study of women's labour force participation in India, where the direct link between gender attitudes and women …Women have historically been overlooked in research on social mobility. In contrast, new research focuses on the … intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized …

This paper discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor market in developing countries … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies …

Modern women often face an uneasy choice: dedicating their time to reproductive household work, or joining the …-trivial costs, and necessarily involve some trade-offs, influencing the general feeling of happiness women experience given their … decision. The trade-offs are especially pronounced in traditional developing countries, where both the pressure for women to …

emphasizing that urbanization, and education level play an important role in the participation decision of women. However, these … showing that social norms, tradition and men's higher bargaining power play a negative role in the probability of women …

Intimate partner violence is a serious form of unfreedom inflicted on women across the world. How does the incidence of … such violence vary with women's workforce participation - a factor that is supposed to enhance their economic well …-being? Our study examines this relationship using a nationally representative dataset from India. Given vast heterogeneity among …

ratios, in the presence of strong social norms against female employment. One such channel is women's desired labor supply … workforce, do employers turn to women to fill in the gap? Do women enter traditionally male occupations and industries, so that … with its historical regional patterns. We find that as the sex ratio declined, female participation increased, women …

This study explores the effect of social institutions such as religion, caste, and the household on women's decision to …. Using data from two rounds of the Kerala Migration Survey - KMS 2013 and 2018 - women's labor force participation (LFP) is … Muslim women from participating in the labor force, thereby enabling such participation in the latter period of study. We …