The introduction of electoral gender quotas in diverse contexts around the globe has attracted a great deal of scholarly and political…
India Policy Forum is a joint venture of the Brookings Institution and the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) that aims…
This article examines the conceptual, measurement, and regulatory challenges of promoting decent work for domestic workers. After a brief…
Despite significant advances in education and political participation, women remain underrepresented in leadership positions in politics…
Book abstract: In the interests of contextualising (and nuancing) the multiple interrelations between gender and poverty, Sylvia Chant has…
In this paper we establish six stylized facts related to marriage and work in Latin America and present a simple model to account for them…
This paper has been archived. Please see RWP12-054 for the latest revised version. Original abstract: Data on 2,288 married women from the…
If the Women’s Reservation Bill becomes law, then 181 out of 543 national legislators and 1370 out the 4109 state legislators will be women…
Female education levels are very low in many developing countries.
Does maternal education have a causal impact on children's…