This paper considers various dimensions and sources of gender inequality and presents policies and best practices to address these. With women accounting for fifty percent of the global population, inclusive growth can only be achieved if it promotes gender equality. Despite recent progress,...

Intro -- Gendertelling in Organizations: Narratives from male-dominated environments -- Copyright -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Gendering narratives and ­narrating gender -- 1.1. Gender, discourse and organizations -- 1.2 Gender as practice and...

Consider a model with two types of jobs. The profitability of promoting a worker to a fast-track job depends not only on his or her observable talent, but also on incontractible effort. We investigate whether self-fulfilling expectations may lead to higher promotion standards for women. If...