The gender wage gap, or the idea that women have historically and consistently earned less than men, has been widely … gender inequality experienced by women. As of 2019, according to data amassed by the Organization for Economic Cooperation … usually significantly exacerbated for women of color. Despite narrowing in recent years, the gender wage gap is extremely …

We study whether present-day women political participation in sub-Saharan Africa can be linked to the temporary gender … is mitigated in patrilineal ethnic regions, where women have less decision-making power. This paper contributes to the …

In many high-income economies, the recession caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in unprecedented declines in … women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … employment during the pandemic, just as in high-income countries. A key difference is the role of the sectoral distribution of …

We examine the impact of the global recession triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic on women's versus men's employment … telecommuters a different kind of gender gap arises: women working from home during the pandemic spent more work time also doing … moniker "mancessions," we show that the pandemic recession of 2020 was a "shecession" in most countries with larger employment …