“No Pass No Drive” (NPND) laws revoke or deny driver’s licenses to minors who drop out of school, are frequent truants, exhibit behavioral issues, or perform poorly academically. By analyzing Federal…

Key Messages Artisanal and small-scale gold miners in remote areas of Colombia are willing to try formalization (obtaining a legal title to extract gold). However, they perceive costs can hinder the…

Abstract This study investigates the gender wage gap in Nigeria by extending the focus of the existing literature in two ways. First, we apply an extension of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition that…

Based on EfD Discussion Paper by Bing Zhang and Mengdi Liu. In response to tougher environmental rules, factories need to cut down on pollution and modify their optimal production decisions, which may…

Climate change is increasing rainfall uncertainty, which has gendered impacts on rural labour markets. After droughts, women are less likely to access non-farm employment through migration than men...

Abstract Industrial development has ramifications for women's participation in labor markets and society, in the short and long run. We explore the Gold Rush that took place in the Western United…

Abstract The principal selection objective in crop breeding has for a long time been driven by agronomic gains like yield maximization and climate resilience. Nevertheless, the continued low adoption…

During the last decades, important policies have been implemented to incorporate women into the labor market and reduce persistent gender inequalities, trying to balance the time allocation between…

The study investigated gender in wholesale smoked-fish marketing in Kanji Lake Basin, Nigeria. Specifically, the study identified roles of individual actors in fish marketing, determined the…

The COVID-19 pandemic has re-emphasised the critical role of accessible, affordable and quality childcare to reduce and redistribute the gender unequal distribution of unpaid care work as an…