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Gender inequality in labour markets: Why growth and education are not enough
Gender inequality in labour markets persists across rich and poor countries despite gains in education and legal rights, with women continuing to earn less, work under more constrained conditions, and shoulder most unpaid care work. Closing these gap...
Do skewed sex ratios reduce son preference?
As women become scarcer in India, some of the social and economic conditions that sustain strong son preference begin to weaken, pointing to a ‘self-correcting’ mechanism within the missing women crisis.
How export promotion and technology transfer powered South Korea’s industrialisation
South Korea’s industrial transformation was driven by the mutually reinforcing promotion of technology adoption and exports – most notably through the Heavy and Chemical Industry Drive – which generated lasting gains in manufacturing and exports but ...
