The preference of microfinance institutions for women borrowers is generally attributed to two reasons: women borrowers … women more in low trust countries, suggesting that women are targeted to offset low social trust. We also examine how the …

emigration, and provinces with higher public spending on health. Finally, we estimate economic cost of cold and heat waves using …

This lecture argues that mental health is a major factor of production. It is the biggest single influence on life … satisfaction, with mental health eight years earlier a more powerful explanatory factor than current income. Mental health also … affects earnings and educational success. But, most strikingly, it affects employment and physical health. In advanced …

affiliate wages to parent profits per worker is approximately 0.03, which can explain over 20 percent of the observed variation … in affiliate wages. These results reveal a previously ignored aspect of labor-market rent sharing. They also reveal an …

affiliate wages to parent profits per worker is approximately 0.03, which can explain over 20 percent of the observed variation … in affiliate wages. These results reveal a previously ignored aspect of labor-market rent sharing. They also reveal an … conditions across national borders, and can thereby provide an implicit cross-country risk-sharing mechanism. -- wages ; profit …

affiliate wages to parent profits per worker is approximately 0.03, which can explain over 20 percent of the observed variation … in affiliate wages. These results reveal a previously ignored aspect of labor-market rent sharing. They also reveal an …

potential for wage-push inflation. However, real wages are falling rapidly at present and, prior to that, real wages had been …

The unequal treatment of women in the law is one of the most visible forms of gender inequality. Prevalent legal … constraints on the basis of gender prevent women, and thereby economies, from reaching their true potential. In this regard, this … field for women. Moreover, cross-country gaps in gender discriminatory laws have persisted and even widened over the years …