Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in off-farm employment? Evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries

Gender and Off-farm Employment: Evidence from Rural China

The goal of the present paper is to examine how the expansion of the economy from 2000 has affected rural off-farm labor market participation. Specifically, we seek to determine whether off-farm labor increased after 2000, what forms of employment are driving trends in off-farm labor and whether gender differences can be observed in offfarm employment trends. Using a nationally representative d...

Does access to medicines differ by gender? Evidence from 15 low and middle income countries.

OBJECTIVE To examine gender differences in access to prescribed medicines in 15 lower and middle income countries. METHODS The proportion of consultations with at least one prescription for women in three age groups (<15, 15-59, 60+ years) with acute respiratory infections (ARI), depression and diabetes in routine audits was compared to the expected proportion calculated from WHO Global Burde...

Access to non-pecuniary benefits: does gender matter? Evidence from six low- and middle-income countries

BACKGROUND Gender issues remain a neglected area in most approaches to health workforce policy, planning and research. There is an accumulating body of evidence on gender differences in health workers' employment patterns and pay, but inequalities in access to non-pecuniary benefits between men and women have received little attention. This study investigates empirically whether gender differen...

The Gender Gap in Mathematics Evidence from Low- and Middle-income Countries

We confirm the presence of a gender gap in mathematics across many lowand middle-income countries using detailed, comparable test score data. Examining micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics we note that first, the gender gap appears to increase with age. Indeed, the gap nearly doubles when comparing 4th grade and 8th grade test scores. Second, we test whether c...

The Evidence Base for Interventions to Reduce Malaria Mortality in Low and Middle-Income Countries Authors