gender norms

Flexible work arrangements can both attract women to the labour force and provide a gateway to outside-the-home jobs. In India, where gender norms keep women out of the labour force, home-based jobs may represent the most immediate path to increase women’s labour force participation.

Data from 60 countries across six continents reveals that, in almost every country, the support for basic rights is underestimated, especially among men, suggesting that aligning perceived and actual views may be a promising policy intervention to ra...

Progressive gender norms can be transmitted from teachers to students and improve classroom achievement through better cooperation among the sexes

Unless you have both relatively equal gender laws and decent rule of law, female entrepreneurship is very low

School-based life skills classes can change attitudes, strengthen social connections, and help girls assert more control over their lives while staying in school

Providing poor Indian women with more control of their potential wages increased labour force participation and led to more progressive gender norms