This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break … through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We chart the progress of women in higher … education at the college level and beyond and then go on to examine women's representation at the upper levels of academia …

Women’s participation in environmental decision-making is important for advancing both gender equality and … where its gender‑differentiated impacts are most acute. This paper reviews existing evidence on women’s environmental … environmental action. The presence of women in political decision-making is linked to more ambitious climate goals and policies …

medicine. A well documented opt-out revolution is underway, in which women professionals are leaving the workplace in droves … but opt out of family. These men and women forego parenting and stable, long-term relationships in surprisingly high … women. Using the 2003 National Survey of College Graduates, this Chapter shows that among professionals, long-term adult …

We investigate whether term limits can help historically underrepresented groups, such as women, gain faster access to … positions of political power. We exploit evidence from Italian local elections where, in a context of rapidly increasing women … higher if term limits had not been extended. The impact is stronger in municipalities with a larger presence of women at …

women and offer them a chance to be in the limelight. By improving workplace gender balance, we move toward an equal society …Gender inequality in several social structures of society is a long-standing issue. A more prevalent problem is the … equality over the past few years, as more organizations employ more women in leadership positions. There is more campaign …

This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break … through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We chart the progress of women in higher … education at the college level and beyond and then go on to examine women's representation at the upper levels of academia …

Occupational segregation significantly contributes to the earnings gender gap worldwide. We look at differences in … entrepreneurship. Data on Uganda show that women breaking into male-dominated sectors make as much as men, and three times more than … women staying in female-dominated sectors. Factors including entrepreneurial skill/abilities and credit/human capital …

relation to gender and women, the focus has been on the influence of social contexts such as networks, family and household … institutional contexts for women's entrepreneurship and their intersections, as informed by entrepreneurship, gender and geography … gendered, reflecting local institutions such as accepted gender norms which may "force" women into specific industries or …

prioritization of leader competence over gender, boosting the share of women among candidates and state parliamentarians and the … other traits, such as gender? We answer this question by examining the impact of a successful school-expansion program on … the likelihood of women being elected to state legislatures in India. We show that the program increased voter …