This paper examines the effects of the Working Families' Tax Credit (WFTC) on couples in Britain. We develop a simple model of household decisions which explicitly accounts for the role played by the tax and benefit system. Its main implications are then tested using panel data from the British...

Studies of female participation in economic activities with remuneration in Mexico have shed light on the following: Between 1930 and 1970, total employment in Mexico increased 252 percent, the male labor force expanded 214 percent, and the female labor force about 1,034 percent. In proportion...

The report contains the main provisions of the Marxist gender theory, which became the methodological basis for the analysis of gender inequality. Despite a number of discussion points, Marxist gender theory is a reliable analytical tool showing the sources and main problems of gender inequality...

While female property ownership is associated with positive outcomes for women, their right to inherit property in male-dominated societies may also result in more constraining marriage and gender norms. I develop and test the following hypothesis: Where a woman inherits property, her male...

The renowned economist Lester Thurow, Lemelson Professor of Management and Economics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, recently said, Great challenges lay ahead and our economic future is at stake. Organizations cannot compete in a global environment without using women. In this...

This paper analyses intimate partner violence in Turkey which faces an enormous increase in femicide cases over the last decade. Analyzing a very rich nationwide representative survey, we show that relative status of women in terms of income and education affect different types of domestic...