We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal … potential endogeneity of politician gender and the sample composition of births, we find that a one standard deviation increase …

The worldwide obesity epidemic has impacted women more heavily than men. These gender-based differences are … particularly pronounced in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region where gender obesity gaps on average exceed 10 percentage … points. This paper examines one of the explanations, namely the role of female empowerment on gender gaps in obesity. We …

Using a new measure of the strength of gender stereotypes defined at the individual level and based on responses to a …

We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days …

leads to a reduction in episodes of gender violence. The effect is particularly strong when focusing on incidents of … suggests that female mayors might implement different policies from male mayors and therefore contribute to reduce gender …

girls. Our analysis points to societal gender preferences for sons and the consequent neglect of daughters' health as …

To understand laws pertaining to gender-based violence (GBV) in countries with high HIV prevalence particularly among …