While female labour force participation is on the decline in many parts of the developing
world, female participation in agriculture is increasing worldwide. Our review of the literature …

Historically, son preference has been widely prevalent in South Asia, manifested in the form
of skewed sex ratios, gender differentials in child mortality, and worse educational …

Indian women's labor force participation is extremely low, and women are much less likely
than men to work in the nonfarm sector. Earlier research has explained women's labor …

Since China's transition to a socialist market system, women's labor force participation has
declined sharply. Using data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) 2010, the …

We investigate whether female early marriage is a conduit for the transmission of social
norms, specifically norms relating to gender roles and rights within the household. We …

Abstract Following Identity Theory proposed by Akerlof and Kranton (2000), we
conceptualize the interactions between conservative outlook and female wellbeing through …

Gender discriminatory social norms are a widely recognised barrier to women's economic
empowerment (WEE), affecting both their access to decent work and their experience in …

Purpose Despite many programs aiming to delay girls' marriage and pregnancy over the last
2 decades, there is no consensus yet concerning the effectiveness of different approaches …

The ability of development interventions to catalyse and support innovation for—and by—
women and men is undermined by lack of specific understanding about how gender norms …

Achieving gender well-being and equality is one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals
of the United Nations. A close examination of female livelihood time allocation can reveal …