gender inequality
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Is the gender wage gap explained by differences in productivity? An interview with Professor Yana Gallen
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A vast literature has been developed on gender discrimination in the labor market. In 2018, women in the United States earned 80.5 cents for every dollar earned by men, according to the Census Bureau. In that regard, Dr. Yana Gallen published a paper titled “Motherhood and the Gender Productivity Gap,”…
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Global Gender Parity Insights from the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap Report
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Women represent half of the global population, but they often do not have the same access to health, education, earning power, and political representation, as men. According to McKinsey, global GDP could increase by $12 trillion by 2025 simply by advancing women’s equality. Despite this, the world is far from…
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The Cost of Gender Inequality
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This piece, first published on October 22, 2014, is being republished as part of the Chicago Policy Review‘s 20th Anniversary Series. Please visit us here to learn more about the series from our Executive Editors. Throughout the world women often receive less education and are not employed at the same rate as their male counter parts.…
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How Female Migration Can Reduce Gender Inequality
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A recent OECD study suggests that differences in the rates of immigration across gender are associated with socially-institutionalized forms of gender inequality, such as norms that restrict females’ access to education, family planning, property ownership, and labor markets. The authors study how these factors impact female migration and, in turn,…
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The Cost of Gender Inequality
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Beyond issues of gender equity and human development, research points to damaging economic consequences for regions with large gender gaps in education and employment.
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Widening the Gap: China’s Land Reform and Gender Disparities
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The main culprit for China’s gender gap expansion in the early 1980s might have been the post-Mao land reform rather than the One Child Policy.
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Can Separate Still Be Equal? A Look at Gender Sorting in American Schools
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A new study finds that school choice increases gender sorting in our nation’s schools.