aim of this paper is to extend this approach by introducing a gender perspective in the analysis of policy effects. We use …, Finland and Sweden. Second, we estimate the policy effects for men and women in couples. To obtain gender specific effects, we …

to data from 12 countries, and investigate resource shares, gender gaps, and poverty at the individual level. We reject … equal sharing, and find large gender gaps in resource shares, and consequently in poverty rates, in some countries. …

-dimensional poverty in the literature overlook intra-household inequalities, an issue that is crucial to a better understanding of gender …, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, shedding thus some light on gender differences in poverty and inequality in those … than the Salvadorians. Regarding the gender gaps, the overall estimates suggest that the incidence and the intensity of …

-household inequalities. Besides, by definition, households containing both a female and a male cannot contribute to a gender gap, so gender … differentials cannot be estimated. But, the Sustainable Development Goals have put special emphasis on gender equality along their … targets; therefore, new measures able to capture the gender differences are needed. Consequently, in this paper, we propose an …

the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …

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 …

household and thus are likely to lead to yield a biased assessment of individual poverty, and poverty by age or gender. In this …