This paper examines the impact of gender based violence against women and girls (GBV), in the environment the children …

adequate collateral limits women entrepreneurs' ability to access formal finance, leaving them torely on informal sources … gender gaps in financial access. Results suggest that anincrease in women entrepreneurs access to formal credit results in …

and violence, and the experience of women of color. Part 4 covers gender behavioral differences. Part 5 presents studies … on the experience of women trying to break the glass ceiling, as well as the differential effects of education on boys …

I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender … for first-born women. I show that women with a brother acquire more traditional gender roles, as measured through their …

fertility pressures on women, which favored late female marriages already in the pre-industrial era. The resulting family and … household patterns placed women into a better position to struggle for more gender equality during the subsequent transitions …

This paper investigates the consequences of sex imbalance in India's population for violence against women. We match … against women and marriage quality. We estimate that the elasticity of violence against women with respect to the surplus of … discernible impact upon property and economic crime. In probing mechanisms we argue that men are more prone to crime than women …

once governed by the Papacy have lower female labor market participation and employment than their counterparts in Tuscany …

This paper examines the long-term link between British colonialism and women empowerment in India. We compare women … colonial rule. Controlling for selective annexation using a specific policy, we find that women who live in areas that were … under direct British rule, compared to their counterparts, are better off in terms of almost all measures of women …

Participation: Floor Time and Perceived Influence -- Chapter 6: What Makes Women the "Silent Sex" When Their Status Is Low …Do women participate in and influence meetings equally with men? Does gender shape how a meeting is run and whose … decides. It argues that efforts to improve the representation of women will fall short unless they address institutional rules …