particular, the relationship between a woman's education and her participation in the labor force varies from being positive and … participation remain largely country-specific. Nonetheless, rising education levels and declining fertility consistently increased …

Development database. Instead of measuring gender inequalities in education, health, economic or political participation, these …In this paper we construct the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) and its five subindices Family code, Civil … liberties, Physical integrity, Son Preference and Ownership rights using variables of the OECD Gender, Institutions and …

In 2005 and 2006, the Human Development Report Office undertook a review of UNDP's gender-related indicators …, particularly the Gender-Related Development Index (GDI) and the Gender Empowerment Measure (GEM). Background papers as well as the … the two gender-related indicators and by presenting illustrative results for these proposed measures. The most important …

yearly excess female deaths, referred to as the ’flow of missing women’, suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger …

This paper investigates gender-based segregation across different fields of study at the post-secondary level of … longitudinal data-set from India, we provide evidence that there is substantial intra-household gender disparity in the choice of … study stream at the higher-secondary level of education. A household fixed effects regression shows that girls are 20 …

yearly excess female deaths, referred to as the 'flow of missing women', suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger …

reasons for such excess female mortality in the country. In this study, we argue that intra-household gender-discrimination in … current intra-household gender-disparities in getting medical care at least for life threatening illnesses …

Given the demographic structure of the population of the European countries, this paper examines how gender gaps in … only on the existing gender gaps but also on the way how they are jointly distributed across the income distribution. Using … the 2010 EU-SILC data, we propose a novel methodology that allows assessing the way in which gender gaps in income per …

children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …

children. In contrast, `flow estimates’ suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …