In this paper, we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children's education and allocation … of household education budgets incur more equal expenditures on education of boys and girls. Moreover, we test if women … that in households where women participate in children's education decisions and where women are aware of gender equality …

derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable …This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap …

derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants’ gender. Instrumental variable …This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap …

the collective household model, we examine the possibility that men within couples use polygyny as a threat to influence …

While, women have always ‘worked’, in their homes, in fields and in public spaces, their work has been undervalued and … invisible in national data accounting systems. Globally women are less likely than men to participate in the paid labour market …, etc. which is mostly denied to women. Also, even when they do enter the workforce, women’s work tends to mirror the roles …

Statistics Directorate. The initiative aims to identify policy and programme solutions to promote women’s economic empowerment by … recognising, reducing and redistributing women’s unpaid care work. This paper presents new analysis of time use data and unpaid … on Women’s Economic Empowerment. Specifically, the recommendations focus on how to recognise unpaid care work by …

,181 households, we examine how the welfare of women living in rural areas has evolved during a period of dramatic rural … transformation, 2008 - 14. We find that while the economic situation of women has improved, significant gender disparities remain …, particularly for female-headed households. Women continue to bear a greater burden of responsibility for income …

empowerment of women (GEEEW) in the Indian context, and examine if commitments in this regard under the Convention on Elimination … of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), Beijing Platform for Action (PFA) and Sustainable Development Goals …

various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which non-migrant women are affected by … migration, as well as how female migrants affect families and labor markets in both source and destination communities …While scholars have long studied the economics of migration, increasing waves of international and regional migration …