social indicators, such as GDP growth, labour market outcomes, and poverty and inequality, for the period since the fall of … the FDI has induced. FDI inflows have also reduced unemployment and increased wages, but have had no effects on labour … productivity. Total FDI has had only limited effects on inequality and poverty, but FDI from Germany and Austria has been found to …

makers when implementing policies to combat race and ethnic, and gender gaps in the labor market. …

. The strongest impact on the distribution of labour earnings would take place in countries with high gender pay gaps for … equal work and small gender gaps in employment and hours worked (mainly Central and Eastern European countries), whereas … only marginal effects are identified in countries with large gaps in hours worked and gender segregation in the type of …

, which brings into question the effect they may have on inequality between and within different groups of workers. …

contracts and low-income independent contractors, which together fueled earnings inequality. …

(less than a week) and low-income independent contractors, which together have fueled earnings inequality. …

social indicators, such as GDP growth, labour market outcomes, and poverty and inequality, for the period since the fall of … the FDI has induced. FDI inflows have also reduced unemployment and increased wages, but have had no effects on labour … productivity. Total FDI has had only limited effects on inequality and poverty, but FDI from Germany and Austria has been found to …

Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we … characterize the evolution of gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries between 1960 and 2010. We document five facts. First …, gender gaps widened as more boys went to school, then narrowed as girls enrolled; thus, gender gaps got worse before they got …

We present evidence on the role of the social environment for the development of gender differences in competitiveness … and earnings expectations. First, we document that the gender gap in competitiveness and earnings expectations is more … causally affects girls' willingness to compete and narrows both the gender gap in competitiveness as well as the gender gap in …

This paper studies the impact of services liberalization on education and the gender education gap at the district … number of years of schooling (positively) and the gender education gap (negatively). These effects are at least as relevant …