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, respiratory difficulties, depression and anxiety, fatigue and insomnia. We then proxy social norms by the gender structure of the … gender environments play an important role in explaining differences in health-reporting behaviours across gender, at least …
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With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the lowest rates of female labor force participation in the Latin America and the Caribbean region, and in the world. The rate of female labor participation is especially low in the...
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We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data … and other source-country variables, higher gender equality in the country of ancestry is significantly associated with a … lower risk of victimization in the host country. This suggests that gender norms may play an important role in explaining …
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This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … literature has argued that gender differences in a variety of outcomes could reflect underlying cultural values and beliefs. This … article reviews the literature on the relevance of culture in the determination of different forms of gender gap. I examine …
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