We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has …

protection ; social assistance ; gender ; women ; public works programs ; conditional cash transfers ; development ; employment … opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief … context, concepts, and definitions relevant to SP policies and identifies gender-specific social and economic risks and …

gender-based indices constructed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and suggests alternatives for choice of … UNDP Gender Development Index for capturing gender development, with an improvised set of choices and variables. …Against the backdrop of the 2030 UN Agenda for Sustainable Development, this paper analyzes the measurement issues in …

opportunities they present for promoting a gender-equality agenda and women's empowerment. The paper begins with a brief … context, concepts, and definitions relevant to SP policies and identifies gender-specific social and economic risks and …

A target in the Millennium Development Goals — gender parity in all levels of education — is widely considered to have … been attained. However, measuring gender parity only through school enrollment is misleading, as girls may lag behind boys … decisions. This contradirectional gender bias is unique to Bangladesh and partly explained by the presence of conditional cash …

children’s education. Second, it is tested if migration of men from households reduces gender inequality in households … the case for households with temporary migrants, suggesting that women’s decision participation decreases gender …

jointly, however, mainly due to the lack of relevant data. This paper addresses this shortcoming by looking at the gender … identify people by country of residence, place of birth, gender and level of education. The evidence summarized in this paper … are now more or less gender-balanced. A more surprising result is that this is also true for the highly skilled. Taking …

different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of … active academic inquiry, the role of gender equality has largely been ignored. Are there positive spillovers from gender … government, lower fertility rates, and better overall gender equality experienced lower income inequality, ceteris paribus. These …

assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a …A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to … labour market and significantly contribute to overall socio-economic development. The women entrepreneurship unfolds various …