We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative …

document the persistence and transmission of the Soviet unconventional gender norms, both vertically across generations of …

To investigate the role of gender norms in household specialisation choices, I conduct a lab experiment with real … hetero-sexual couples playing a battle of the sexes game. The salience of gender norms varies across treatments: the Norm … consistent with marriage market motives, i.e. some men may want to signal progressive gender attitudes to their partner. …

Gender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change … across the rural-urban gradient. The gender gap increases with connectivity from rural to peri-urban areas, and disappears in … improves their access to off-farm employment. The gender gap persists for married young women independent of connectivity …

. Second, I relate the number of hours advertised in online job postings to firms' confidentially reported gender preferences … evidence points to bias due to gender stereotypes. …

whether this depends on the gender of a jobseeker. First, I relate the number of hours stated on job advertisements to the … gender preferences of firms indicated in a confidential online form. Second, I analyze hiring decisions of recruiters who … same position. Hence, the gender differences cannot be explained by differences in job or workplace characteristics …

effect on male wages or the gender wage gap. Finally, labor regulation is associated with women having less say at home and …

Gender and development are among the two most important components of any economy to sustain its perpetual and … between gender and development is critically analysed. Women's representation in parliament is the dependent variable and the … predictor variables considered are gender development index, female access to assets, female labour force, and country GDP per …