This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated …: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …. Finally, it reflect on differences in the ways that gender inequalities play out across different socio-economic groups …

measures of "knowledge, skills, and abilities" generated by job analyses. While there is an abundance of evidence on gender … that women generally held jobs with lower requirements relative to men. The gender gap in job requirements grew over the …

are more likely to participate in the labor market and have a job. Third, the gender wage gap decreases among high …

. The study does not find evidence of other gender differences in the hiring process …

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …