The role of women in Agricultural enterprises cannot be overemphasized. Their involvement
is important not only because of their contributions in marketing, food processing, cropping …

This paper describes an emerging literature in economics that aims to merge macro issues
of structural change and growth with micro data and analysis. This literature focuses on a set …

I use an instrumental variables design to estimate the effect that trade has on schooling in
developing countries by exploiting a panel model with over 50 years of data. I find that trade …

Cross-country disparities in labour productivity are more pronounced in agriculture than
other sectors. I posit that the misallocation of female talent between sectors distorts …

I study the effect that international trade has on educational decisions over half-century
using a panel model. Initial schooling alters the impact of trade on educational attainment …

The paper studies the implication of sectoral reallocations—the shift of labor from low-to high-
productivity sectors on gender gaps in labor participation in Nigeria. We estimate a …

In 1991, Brazil expanded its rural old-age pension to cover millions of previously uncovered
women, conditional on work requirements. We use a difference-in-differences approach to …

BACKGROUND: Women's low economic participation in Pakistan and even lower in the
formal sector is a perpetual phenomenon leading to their underdevelopment, which has …

The paper studies the implication of sectoral reallocations—the shift of labor from low-to high-
productivity sectors on gender gaps in labor participation in Nigeria. We estimate a …

Developing countries have more self-employment and less wage employment than
developed countries. Along these lines, this paper documents two interesting facts. First, self …