higher marriage rates for women and lower for men. Land abundance favored higher fertility. The demands of childcare … opportunities outside the home. Frontier women were less likely to report "gainful employment," but among those who did, relatively … more had high-status occupations. Together, these findings integrate contrasting narratives about frontier women …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

marriage and women’s relative bargaining position within the household. Since in developing countries marriage is essentially …As a result of widespread mistreatment and overt discrimination in all dimensions of their lives, women lack … universal and generally arranged by the parents, women have little say in the choice of their partner and largely depend on …