Despite adjustments in work-life balance and the distribution of household tasks, the gender gap in physical activity remains persistent. Physical activity plans should target the gap's root causes. We aim to identify key factors by decomposing differences into observable characteristics and...

The trade partnership between Bangladesh and India has strengthened significantly over the past decade, with growing integration into global value chains (GVCs). This study explores the value-added components of Bangladesh's exports to India from 2012 to 2022, categorizing them into five groups:...

This paper utilizes administrative data to investigate the gender gap in high school performance on various high-stakes exams and the gender disparity in academic outcomes at the leading university in the Caribbean. The results show that female students outperformed their male peers, being 8.5...

This paper examines the influence of R&D cooperation on the likelihood of obtaining technological innovations among manufacturing firms in Argentina. Using firm-level data from a national innovation survey, it distinguishes between the direct (output) and indirect (input) effects of cooperation...

This paper introduces a novel approach to decomposing consumer price inflation. Expanding upon the established decomposition method for the value-added deflator, our methodology combines the cost structure of the consumption expenditures from the input-output table with quarterly national...