This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … the "gender pension gap" in Germany is higher than in France and much higher than in Denmark. This ranking is similar to … gender-specific differences in health, i.e. the so-called "gender health gap", in the same age group. Self-assessed general …

1992-2010 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We estimate a discrete time hazard model to test whether diabetes affects the … hazard of leaving employment among individuals who were working for pay at the age of 55-56. Using a probit model, we also … not for females. This effect persists when we include controls for onset of other health conditions, two of which are …

to two-thirds exhibiting larger declines in women’s than men’s employment rates. These gender differences in COVID-19’s … related to COVID-19’s impacts on gender shares in employment within sectors …Early evidence on the pandemic’s effects pointed to women’s employment falling disproportionately, leading observers to …

demographic factors on employment elasticities over the period 2000-2017 can distinguish the former French colonies from the … Anglophone ones. Design/methodology/approach – Using a panel of 44 countries taken from Africa and Middle East Area, elasticities … are estimated in the first stage by rolling regression. Then, both static and dynamic panel models are investigated …

more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast … Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines …, the gender difference is reversed in Viet Nam where stigma and discrimination associated with some diseases may more …

more difficult than men to access health care. This study examines factors that may constrain older persons in Southeast … Asia from meeting their health-care needs when sick. Our analysis of household survey data from Cambodia, the Philippines …, the gender difference is reversed in Viet Nam where the stigma and discrimination associated with some diseases may more …

We investigate gender differences across socioeconomic and wellbeing dimensions after three months of lockdown in the … regards to age, sex and ethnicity. We find that women's mental health is worse than men's along the four metrics we collected … hours, but increased housework and childcare much more than men. These gender inequalities are not driven by differences in …

countries than for health in poorer countries. Employing panel cointegration and conventional panel regressions, we find that … developing countries. Our empirical analysis challenges the widely held view that inequality matters more for health in richer …

as others, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, single-parent essential workers experience relatively …We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and …

a 0.1 standard deviation increase in test scores, but only for girls. We show that a reason for the gender … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …