Women's voices are likely to be even more absent from economic debates than headline figures on female under …-representation suggest. Focusing on a panel of leading economists we find that men are more willing than women to express an opinion and are … more certain and more confident in their opinions, including in areas where both are experts. Women make up 21 per cent of …

This paper reviews the literature on gender and culture. Gender gaps in various outcomes (competitiveness, labor force … the level of development, women's education, the expansion of the service sector, and discrimination. More recent … literature has argued that gender differences in a variety of outcomes could reflect underlying cultural values and beliefs. This …

stagnation in the share of women among economics Ph.D.s in recent years, there has been a remarkable rise in gender …-related dissertations in economics over time and in many sub-fields. Women economists are significantly more likely to write gender … names, we investigate the connection between the gender of economics dissertators and dissertation topics. Despite …

both increased competition and the enactment of equal treatment laws reduce the gender wage gap. …This paper evaluates the impact of economic and legal variables on wage differentials between men and women. Since …, practically all countries have enacted some sort of law mandating equal treatment of men and women. This paper uses a new …

Greater legal equality between men and women is associated with a narrower gender gap in opportunities and outcomes … toward legal gender equality. Gendered laws do evolve, suggesting a role for legal reforms in women’s economic empowerment …, fewer female workers in positions of vulnerable employment, and greater political representation for women. While legal …

jointly, however, mainly due to the lack of relevant data. This paper addresses this shortcoming by looking at the gender … identify people by country of residence, place of birth, gender and level of education. The evidence summarized in this paper … are now more or less gender-balanced. A more surprising result is that this is also true for the highly skilled. Taking …

assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a … set of variables, treated as proxies of gender equality and women entrepreneurship, we estimate their coherence with socio …A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to …

among men and women in 60 countries, and determine whether women’s views on the subject differ significantly from men … beating to determine if women think differently about this issue than men; a longitudinal study to determine whether wife …

whether development aid given for gender equality objectives leads to progress in women’s legal rights in recipient countries … gendered aid on changes in women’s rights. Our findings show that gender-focused aid has a positive impact on the de …We study the role of development cooperation in improving women’s economic rights in non-OECD countries and assess …