Women's economic empowerment is an essential component of the United Nations
Sustainable Development Goals. Not only is it an end in itself but it has further been …

The present survey assesses the relevance of the collective model for the analysis of
households in poor countries. As an economic unit, a household creates the possibility of …

Gender, Development, and Globalization is the leading primer on global feminist economics
and development. Lourdes Benería, a pioneer in the field of feminist economics, is joined in …

Rural crime is a fast growing area of interest among scholars in criminology. From studies of
agricultural crime in Australia, to violence against women in Appalachia America, to …

Intimate partner violence is an important global health problem that policy makers seek to
address by a variety of interventions, including efforts to promote “women's empowerment.” …

Due to data limitations, current multidimensional measures of poverty use household rather
than the individual as the unit of analysis. Household measures are unable to capture …

Summary Vietnam's 1993 Land Law created a land market by granting households land-use
rights which could be exchanged, leased, and mortgaged. Using a matched household …

Workers' mistreatment is a serious problem, particularly for disadvantaged populations in the
global garment supply chain who are often subjected to human and labor rights violations …

In recent years, gender‐based violence in South Asia has been of great concern to scholars
and policymakers alike. This study explores the effects of women's relative resources on …

Enhancing women's labor force participation is seen as a way to promote their
empowerment and improve their well-being and that of their children. The empirical …