The share of women in political offices has increased considerably over the past few decades in almost every country in …

choices using the example of child care - a public good arguably valued by women. We hand-collect micro-data for 224 …

During the first half of the twentieth century, many US states enacted laws restricting women's labor market … with male sole earners who compete with women for jobs. We show that the theory's predictions for when protective …

Women are more likely than men to work in the informal sector and to drop out of the labor force for a time, such as … productivity, increases women's vulnerability to income shocks, and impairs their ability to save for old age. Many developing … countries have introduced social protection programs to protect poor people from social and economic risks, but despite women …

Colombian manufacturing firms, by extending a CDM model to include women’s participation in science, technology and innovation … endogeneity issues of women’s participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on … women in STI. The paper addresses the endogeneity concerns with a Tobit specification of the firm’s decision to employ women …

Women are under-acknowledged participants in Africa's agriculture and food sector, supplying a large share of the … mobility, unequal educational attainment, financial exclusion, and gender norms. As a result, women are being constrained to …. These inequalities translate into lower welfare outcomes for women in addition to inefficient productivity gaps with …

research is an examination of the important role that women play in both sending and destination areas. This chapter addresses … various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which non-migrant women are affected by …