generosity; an age or life-cycle effect; and a cohort-specific effect which shows the differences between cohorts for a given age … cohort effect so that the age profile and its slope can trace both the rise and the flattening of the participation rate by … age. They point out that over time participation behaviour of women 25-64 is converging toward that of men, namely, high …

With only 32% of active age women in the labor market, Guatemala is an upper middle-income country with one of the …

This paper assesses gender differences in the effects of adverse conditions at labor-market entry in a developing … labor market conditions are correlated to more egalitarian perceptions about gender roles later in life. …

We highlight the role of home productivity in explaining the gender gap in labor force participation (LFP), and the non …-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing countries (India) in contrast to the developed economies (United … improve with own education. Our theoretical predictions match the data for India at low levels of women's education but over …

state of residence. Overall, the results suggest that policies that aim to increase women's education and promote gender …-in-law's time allocation across different activities, where their education levels are used as indicators of bargaining power? The …-reside with mothers-in-law who have completed at least secondary education. The mother-in-law's time allocated to household …

education at the college level and beyond and then go on to examine women's representation at the upper levels of academia … inequities. We then go on to consider possible explanations for the continuing gender differences and some of the empirical …

entrepreneurs face gender biases stemming from socio-economic factors or specific biases in laws such as inheritance laws. …

policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of … to other BRIICs or OECD countries, education and incomes are negatively correlated with female labour for participation …