against (employment, education and access to health care) in developing countries and on the impact that gender inequalities … have on development. The first chapter investigates the impact of gender bias in education and employment on economic …The four essays collected in this volume aim is to shed some light on specific aspect in which women are discriminated …

The participation of women in agriculture and the role of women in society in the preindustrial period were remarkably … work was done by women, and plough cultivation, a system mostly dominated by men. In this article, we review the literature …. We also provide additional evidence showing that differences regarding the role of women across the two agricultural …

unemployed and inactive women or not suciently available for self-employed women. Women in atypical employment are furthermore …Social policy debates as early as the 1950s have focused on the activation of individuals into employment.. This … assumes jobs with good working conditions and fair pay; ignores women's reality of part-time work, unpaid care work and the …