drain indicators. Building on newly collated data, the paper uses a novel estimation procedure based on a pseudo …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

the world are: Melitz>Krugman>Armington. For individual regions, however, the welfare ranking of the Armington, Krugman …

on household income of a rural program in China that focuses on increasing women's economic and social participation in … the local community. They find that the program substantially increases women's participation and household income, and …

of operations is consistently identified as a major issue. This paper uses a mixed methods approach to assess how women … entrepreneurs in Uganda start (and strive) operating firms in male-dominated sectors, and what hinders other women from doing so …. The study finds that women who cross over into male-dominated sectors make as much as men, and three times more than women …

Agricultural extension has not been particularly kind to Africa's women farmers. On a continent where women produce 90 …. Numerous case studies have pointed out the "gender gap" that exists in the provision of extension services to women farmers …. Compared to male farmers or farming couples, women farmers receive far less attention from extension services, thus benefiting …