, and policy from a gender perspective. The global perspective provided through themes and authors is a very useful … vision of what "the economy" is, and how it works. Gender scholars are on the forefront of developing better, more … broadly into the myriad ways that gender shapes and alters economic lives and illuminates complex facets of the economic and …

We complement the institutional literature on gender and the welfare state by examining how taxes and transfers affect … the incomes of men and women. Using microsimulation and intra-household income splitting rules, we measure the differences … in the level and composition of individual disposable incomes of men and women in eight European countries covering …

This study on the economics of gender differences examines whether the mining industry acts as a blessing or curse for … women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial …

women, due to either differential constraints or preferences, productivity gaps do not fully explain the gender disparity in …In this paper, we first document trends in the gender composition of academic economists over the past 25 years, the … extent to which these trends encompass the most elite departments, and how women's representation across fields of study …

Agriculture is a main contributor to pro-poor growth in Africa, but gender inequalities in the sector hold back … agricultural growth and affect household welfare negatively. The sector has been characterized by a lack of gender …-disaggregated data and patchy gender-integration in policies and operational responses. To remedy this, the World Bank (WB) and the …

research is an examination of the important role that women play in both sending and destination areas. This chapter addresses … various aspects of the relationship between women and migration, including key ways in which non-migrant women are affected by …