The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated … using a very large and representative dataset. Chapter three investigates how the increased return on investment on women in …

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 …

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 …

for women entrepreneurs in developing countries and discuss future research opportunities. Research Design & Methods: We …). Findings: We categorised the key findings into themes (T), contexts (C), and methodologies (M). The major challenges for women … more specialized women entrepreneurship policies by assembling research identifying national barriers empirically and …