Yearly Archives: 2020

By Greg Seymour, Hazel Malapit, and Agnes Quisumbing Measuring Time Use in Developing Country Agriculture: Evidence from Bangladesh and Uganda HIGHLIGHTS Time-use surveys are essential for addressing gender disparities, yet little research has compared time-use survey methods in developing countries. Developing country agricultural contexts present unique logistical challenges to time-data […]

Gender and Asset Ownership in the Old and New Lands of Egypt By Dina Najjar, Bipasha Baruah, and Aman El Garhi HIGHLIGHTS Women are disadvantaged in land ownership in the New and Old Lands in Egypt, though not to the extent the literature has assumed for the MENA region. Patterns […]

Legal Entitlement And Empowerment Of Marriage Immigrants In Korea By Hanol Lee & Dainn Wie HIGHLIGHTS “Marriage immigrants,” women who migrate from developing countries in Asia to marry Korean men, have low levels of empowerment in their households and face discrimination in their communities. Nationality acquisition improves marriage immigrants’ statuses […]

The Development and Implementation of Gender Equality Considerations in Public Procurement in Germany By E.K. Sarter HIGHLIGHTS The EU and member states, including Germany, increasingly aim to use public procurement as a lever to promote (gender) equality. However, the literature suggests low prevalence of equality considerations in public-procurement practices An […]

The Impact of Paid Parental Leave on Labor Supply and Employment Outcomes in Australia By Barbara Broadway, Guyonne Kalb, Duncan McVicar, and Bill Martin HIGHLIGHTS Studying the effects of introducing paid parental leave (PPL) in an advanced industrial country is important for the US, which is considering PPL. PPL was […]

Unveiled: the Effect of the Headscarf Ban on Women’s Tertiary Education in Turkey By Zeynep B. Ugur HIGHLIGHTS There exists a large gap in the educational attainment of headscarved women compared to that of non-headscarved women in Turkey, even after controlling for background variables. This paper finds no evidence that […]

Women’s Empowerment and Economic Development: A Feminist Critique of Storytelling Practices in “Randomista” Economics By Naila Kabeer Despite claims of impartiality, Duflo’s interpretations of evidence and the language she uses indicate that the randomista method and narrative is not objective or impartial. The randomistas’ treatment of preferences as random and […]

Gender Quotas as (Non-)Binding Constraints: the Case of Semi-Open List Formation in Flemish Municipalities By Bruno Heyndels and Colin R. Kuehnhanss HIGHLIGHTS • Women’s representation is a major concern in today’s politics. • Gender quotas in elections are meant to ensure women’s presence on ballots. • In the 2012 Flemish […]

Women’s Bargaining Power and Children’s Schooling Outcomes: Evidence From Ghana By Clifford Afoakwah, Xin Deng, Ilke Onur HIGHLIGHTS • Slow school progression caused by late enrolment and grade repetition is a problem worldwide, especially in developing countries. • This study examines the impact of women’s intrahousehold bargaining power on children’s […]