agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. In this paper we briefly review issues related to … gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices, including the human development index … (HDI), the gender inequality index (GII), the multiple poverty index (MPI), and the masculinity score (MAS). Although the …

agricultural production, both of which have implications for gender issues. In this paper the authors briefly review issues related … to gender and poverty and examine the relationships between gender and various indices. They then look at systems of land … agricultural workers in Japan. The results of the interviews demonstrate the recent empowerment of women in agricultural production …

This paper uses unique firm-level panel data from Japan and provides new evidence on the possible impact on gender … (WLB) practices that are developed in part to enhance gender equality as well as performance-related pay (PRP) that is one … period part-time work is found to result in a decrease in the proportion of female directors (or exacerbating gender …