What will happen to gender equality as the world develops? While modernization theory stresses the emergence of … increasingly cosmopolitan gender values, work on the cultural roots of gender roles finds that measures of historical patriarchy … measure of patriarchal history. These findings suggest that gender inequality will diverge as countries develop, reflecting …

patterns. China's rapid urbanization raises important questions about the changing nature of gender asymmetries in the … while traditional gendered time-use patterns persist among rural households, urbanization and migration reduces gender … work; the role of education and income in eroding gender norms; and the impact of grandparents on time-use …

Economic theory suggests that growth may improve gender equality directly by raising women's employment and indirectly …. This paper argues that growth in India has not substantially improved gender equality because it has not sufficiently … poverty-might actually have led to greater gender equality in India-by reducing poverty-linked gender discrimination. The …

prosperity. It is concluded that gender disparity in the labor market is the main hurdle in the economic wellbeing of the masses …