assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a … set of variables, treated as proxies of gender equality and women entrepreneurship, we estimate their coherence with socio …A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to …

Women do not receive the same property rights protections as men in many countries. Given the importance of sound … first test of the importance of women’s property rights for economic growth in a large panel of countries. Women’s property … rights are significantly associated with growth even controlling for the effect of men’s rights. The association for women is …

Gender inequality and the lack of gender development are major problems in developing countries. Neoclassical economics … has generally argued that economic development will greatly enhance gender development. However, more recent work has … hard-to-change institutions on gender development are carried out. The results indicate that both economic development and …

The Jobs of the World Project is a public resource designed to enable research on jobs and poverty across and within … vary within countries by wealth and gender and across countries by stages of development. We discuss evidence that shows … how disparities at the micro level lead to a misuse of human potential that links individual poverty to national income. …