The analysis of economic factors usually applied for examining gender inequality in the labour market suggests that … former post communist countries in Central and Eastern Europe have reached similarly high standards of gender equality … compared to Western European countries. This paper aims at comparing attitudes to women's work between transition and OECD …

of globalization of women’s economic empowerment from the Global South to the Global North and critically examines the … practice of empowering low-income women, primarily migrant, indigenous and racialised women. The author argues that women … marginalisation of feminist economics that persists in the field of women’s economic empowerment. The book will be of interest to …

study preferred by women are associated with lower wages. This thesis aims to disentangle the process, in which gender …-specific specialization and performance in the secondary educational system, suggesting that young men and women develop gender-specific skill …Despite tremendous advances in women’s educational attainment and employment over time, women still enrol into …

performance. Finally, chapter 5 presents new insights to gender gaps in adult cognitive skills, showing that they are highly …