Motivation Higher education is regarded as a key instrument to enhance socioeconomic
mobility and reduce inequalities. Recent literature reviews have examined inequalities in the …

This paper examines whether higher gender equality facilitates economic growth by
enabling better utilization of female labor. By allocating female labor to its more productive …

The global community has been unanimous about the negative implications gender
discrimination holds for economic growth and human development. While gender and …

This paper analyzes data on female and male entrepreneurship that were collected by the
World Bank Group's Entrepreneurship Database. Recognizing the importance of a …

Institutions are defined as the set of rules that govern human interactions. When these rules
are discriminatory, they may disempower segments of a population in the economic spheres …

Women Entrepreneurs play a significant role in the global economy in this 21st Century. The
purpose of this study is to examine the specific challenges faced by women entrepreneurs in …

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are in the forefront of economic policy in
developing economies, playing critical role in local economic growth and development …

This paper examines the gender diversity in corporate boardrooms in Asia and the Pacific
and how the diversity affects corporate performance. We find that boardroom gender …

This study contributes to the rapidly growing literature on women in tourism. It focuses on a
group of 13 Caribbean countries. The study analyses the impact of women in apical …

This study analyzes gender differences in labor productivity in the formal private sector,
using data from 128 mostly developing economies. The results reveal a sizable …