that in households where women participate in children's education decisions and where women are aware of gender equality … of women's empowerment and to understanding of the mechanisms to achieve gender equality in education. …In this paper, we test if households where women participate in decisions regarding children's education and allocation …

Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is … an important objective in itself, women's economic activity also matters as a condition for sustained economic growth … educational attainment or skills. Gender is a further dimension in which the impacts of trade liberalization can differ. In a …

, especially for women. Furthermore, we conclude that the gender gap in underemployment is mainly due to the different distribution …This paper focuses on the impact that gender segregation in the labour market exerts on the underemployment gender gap … of male and female workers across occupations and industries. Additionally, the different impact by gender that working …

overconfidence combined with competitive workplace incentives affects gender equality in the labor market. Our main result is that …

While the gender pay gap between men and women in Germany remains at 18 percent, this figure is not the same for all … gender care gap also increases up to middle age: At around nine hours per day, women between 35 and 39 perform more than … employees. There are, for example, major differences by age. Beginning at age 30, the gender pay gap increases sharply and …

Gender differences in overconfidence have been extensively documented in the empirical literature, but the implications …, combined with competitive job incentives, affects gender equality in the labor market and discuss policy implications. The …

This paper documents an important but mostly overlooked reason for female underrepresentation in politics: gender gaps … council elections (2001-2016) in a German state, we provide evidence for a gender recontest gap among both incumbent and non … candidacy. Studying mechanisms, we find that women are likely held back by incompatibilities between family obligations and …

labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 …Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women’s and men’s participation in the labour … market. However, this convergence has stalled since the early 2010s. We show that women still fare worse in several important …

different aspects of gender equality or female empowerment. Whereas the economics of income inequality has been an area of … active academic inquiry, the role of gender equality has largely been ignored. Are there positive spillovers from gender … the affirmative. Specifically, nations with a history of women’s suffrage, greater representation of women in the …