migrants around the world. Youth are found to comprise a large share of all migrants, particularly in migration to other … the age and gender composition of migrants, whether young migrants move alone or with a parent or spouse, their … particular, developing country youth tend to work in similar occupations all around the world, and are more concentrated in these …

Gender equality and environmental goals are mutually reinforcing, with slow progress on environmental actions affecting … the achievement of gender equality, and vice versa. Progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires … targeted and coherent actions. However, complementarities and trade-offs between gender equality and environmental …

This study examines the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary gender equality …. Drawing on the Parasite-Stress Theory, we propose a framework which argues that historical prevalence of infectious disease … reduces contemporary gender equality. Using Ordinary Least Squares (OLS) and Two Stage Least Squares (2SLS) in a cross …

the good news in our flagship 2012 World Development Report on gender. But this has not translated into broader gains. Too … many women still lack basic freedoms and opportunities and face huge inequalities in the world of work. Globally, fewer … account, or take out a loan???to buy fertilizer, for example, that would boost food production for whole communities. Gender …

jointly, however, mainly due to the lack of relevant data. This paper addresses this shortcoming by looking at the gender … identify people by country of residence, place of birth, gender and level of education. The evidence summarized in this paper … are now more or less gender-balanced. A more surprising result is that this is also true for the highly skilled. Taking …