Women and girls cooperate with each other across many domains and at many scales.
However, much of this information is buried in the ethnographic record and has been …

Over the past two decades, economists have turned their attention to exploring the role of
gender in the macroeconomy. This paper reviews the salient findings of that literature …

The theoretical case for universal pre-primary education is strong. However, the empirical
foundation is less so. In this paper, we contribute to the empirical case by investigating the …

In this volume, experts on Latin American public opinion and political behavior employ
region-wide public opinion studies, elite surveys, experiments, and advanced statistical …

To what extent did sub‐Saharan Africa's twentieth century schooling revolution benefit boys
and girls equally? Using census data and a cohort approach, we examine gender gaps in …

This paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries,
decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to …

Over recent decades, women in Latin America and the Caribbean have increased their labor
force participation faster than in any other region of the world. This evolution occurred in the …

We use longitudinal household data and propensity score weighting methods to assess the
impact of Brazil's Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program on schooling outcomes of …

Using an exceptionally rich, standardised education assessment dataset comprising over
1800 primary schools and 31,000 grade six students from 10 francophone Western and …

Juanita was seventeen years old and pregnant with her first child when she began an
activity that would" open" her mind. Living in a remote Garifuna village in Honduras, Juanita …