Greater legal equality between men and women is associated with a narrower gender gap in opportunities and outcomes …, fewer female workers in positions of vulnerable employment, and greater political representation for women. While legal … equality is on average associated with better outcomes for women, the experience of individual countries may differ …

responsibilities in household chores. Women workers also report having more input into household decision-making. … the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and therefore provide employment opportunities for women in rural areas …. However, the social implications of these developments for women workers' roles in their households remain hardly understood …

Do policies and institutions that promote women's economic empowerment have a long-term impact on intimate partner … regimes opened up divergent economic opportunities for women in an otherwise cul- turally and geographically homogeneous … setting. Women in British territories benefited from a universal education system and gained opportunities for paid employment …

Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women … women's participation over 2011-13. We exploit the geographical heterogeneity along these two margins to conduct a double … difference analysis using data surrounding the period. We find a significant improvement in women's final say regarding decisions …

This article explores the role of information Technology in women empowerment. India has become a dominant player in … billion. Information Technology industry is unique with regard to participation of women in the workforce. Every second fresh … recruit in IT industry now is a woman. E-governance initiative of government has also opened an opportunity for women …

women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i … legal reform that exogenously fostered women's access to justice and their ability to divorce. We theoretically establish … that compared to women of patrilocal tradition, matrilocal women should divorce relatively more after the reform and, for …

It is well established that a wide range of legal impediments in countries’ domestic laws have prevented women from … reflect and perpetuate gender norms that limit women’s economic participation, and removal of these impediments through legal … reform has been shown to be an effective method to catalyze greater participation of women in the economy—along with the …

The inclusion of women into the financial system promotes economic development. However, in Nigeria, women face … disproportionate financial exclusion. The main purpose of this study was to examine the role of financial inclusion in women's economic … empowerment within the Nigerian context. Employing a quantitative approach, the study surveyed Nigerian women in two self …

Estimation of the causal effect of parental migration on children's educational attainment is complicated by the fact … that migrants and non-migrants are likely to differ in unobservable ways that also affect children's educational outcomes … siblings' ages at the time of parental migration. The basic assumption underlying the analysis is that parental migration will …