participation using 70 censuses from 36 countries in 1990–2010. We document a strong relationship between the gender wage gap and … the size of the motherhood penalty. The penalty is smallest in countries with small gender wage gaps. Both cross- and … within-country relationships between motherhood penalty and gender wage gap remain strong and negative even when we condition …

gender-based indices constructed by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and suggests alternatives for choice of … variables, functional form, and weights. While the UNDP Gender Inequality Index (GII) conceptually reflects the loss in …, resulting in only the partial capture of gender inequalities. Since the dimensions used for the GII are different from those in …

A review of the recent evaluation evidence on financial services and training interventions questions their gender …. These features help women overcome gender-related constraints. However, when social norms are too restrictive, and women are … de-biasing service provision, which can be gender biased; lastly, whenever possible, results should be sex …

This paper deals with factors determining work-related gender attitudes. With the spread of emancipative values the … difference between gender roles is becoming more vague but is still strongly dependent upon country characteristics. While gender … characteristics among factors determining gender attitudes in different types of countries. More specifically, we focus on the …

of teachers vary by the gender of the composer but the effects of parents do not, and while musician mothers and female … centuries, we conduct the first quantitative exploration of the gender gap among classical composers. We use the length of a … gender gap with a focus on the development of composers' human capital through families, teachers, and institutionalized …

Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials … in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in … calculating internationally consistent gender wage residuals in the first place. By comparing these two very different methods of …

Two very different approaches are used to explore the relation between market orientation and gender wage differentials … in international data. More market orientation might be related to gender wage gaps via its effects on competition in … calculating internationally consistent gender wage residuals in the first place. By comparing these two very different methods of …

This article examines the structure of gender and ethnic wage gaps and the distribution of both paid and unpaid work in …