This paper offers new evidence on the relationship between contractual institutions, family management, and aggregate … decide between family and professional management when the latter are subject to contracting frictions. The paper tests the … environments are more likely to be family managed. These firms are on average 25 percent less productive than professionally …

for about 11 percent of firms and are more prevalent in countries with better rule of law, gender equality, and stronger … related to gender equality, it is smaller where there isless emphasis on personal networks (better rule of law, lower trade …

Is there a mindset gap holding women back in business? Can entrepreneurship training instill a set of attitudes … performance of women-owned micro and small enterprises in Ethiopia. The trainings were underpinned by psychology with a mission to …-efficacy, personal initiative, and entrepreneurial locus of control to the women, relative to a control group. The study finds suggestive …

rate is associated with an increase in the incidence of physical violence against women by 0.50 percentage points, or 2 ….52 percentage points, or 2.87 percent. That an improvement in women's employment opportunities is associated with increased violence … which women have more limited access to divorce than men …

This paper studies foreign direct investment spillovers on the gender-related labor market practices of domestic firms …

This study aims to understand women's engagement in economic activities in rural Honduras and why these activities may … not be accurately reflected in official statistics. The study finds that women underreport their engagement in economic … percentage points. Two main explanations are found. First, women identify themselves (and are identified) primarily as housewives …

This paper proposes a new decomposition method to understand how gender pay gaps arise within firms. The method … differences in the positions for which men and women were hired account for 77 percent of today's average salary difference …