firms depending on their export status and the gender of their owners. We find that female-owned exporters have roughly half …

Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

Despite the increased attachment of women to the labour force in nearly all developed countries, a stubborn gender pay … gap remains. This chapter provides a review of the economics literature on the gender wage gap, with an emphasis on … developed countries. We begin with an overview of the trends in the gender differences in wages and employment rates. We then …

increased childcare needs during school closures; in Nigeria, mothers of school-age children experience the largest declines in …

Based on tax records data from Ecuador, we analyse gender differences in top income groups from 2008 to 2017. Ecuador …, having (private) tertiary education is more important for women than men. In contrast, the effect of having a spouse who … incomes across gender, with around 80 per cent of individuals in the top 10 per cent group remaining in this group from year …

comparable index that can be used to compare countries across the world with regard to the extent of gender inequalities in human …In contrast to UNDP’s wildly successful Human Development Index (HDI), UNDP’s gender-related indices have had a rather … development-related dimensions. As a result, this void left by HDRO has been filled by many other indices of gender …

In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in economic … development. The vast majority of theories reviewed suggest that gender inequality is a barrier to development, particularly over …

daughters' education given its higher return --- due to the initial imbalance --- thus improving gender equality in education … and increasing the opportunity cost of childrearing. Third, the narrowing of the education gender gap increases average …We propose a unified growth model linking technology, education investment across genders, and fertility to explain …

The economics literature on gender has expanded considerably in recent years, fueled in part by new sources of data …, including from experimental studies of gender differences in preferences and other traits. At the same time, economists have … culture and social norms. Despite these innovations much of the economics of gender has been left behind, and still employs a …