This book contributes to the understanding of gender and regional inequalities in developing countries. First, it deals … with social institutions related to gender inequality and proposes new composite indices to measure them. Using these … indices, some interesting empirical connections between social institutions related to gender inequality and several relevant …

-Economic Panel Study (SOEP). In married and cohabiting couples men's net worth, on average, is 33,000 euros higher than women's. We ….g., self-employment, no migration background, inheritances, high income) that decrease the wealth gap for women increase it for …