increasing emphasis in recent years on national-rather than intergroup-inequality, exclusion of low-income households, and gender … disparity. Official statistics show steeply declining household income inequality in recent years, and a marginal gender wage … in official sources. On gender inequality, women's rapidly increased educational attainment and steadily rising labour …

the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). As these bargains eroded, public sector workforces contracted in relative terms …

This paper examines the aggregate and gender employment impact of expanding the early childhood care and preschool … ECCPE sector creates more jobs and does so in a more gender-equitable way than an expansion of the construction sector. In … particular, it narrows the gender employment and earnings gaps, generates more decent jobs, and achieves greater short-run fiscal …