... Principal component analysis Multinomial logistic regression Household C30 I21 J16 R20 Women’s empowerment is an essential component in achieving global equality and promoting sustainable development. Empowered women make important contributions to sustainable development goals (Abou...

... this submission. 01 06 2025 11 09 2025 18 11 2025 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Cleaner cooking energy Salaried employment Gender equality Quantile regression Developing countries J7 D63 E02 J16 O55...

... in employment Quantiles via moments regression Developing countries J16 K31 J21 It is widely recognized that women’s empowerment is critical for inclusive and sustainable growth and development (Balasubramanian et al., 2024 ; Duflo, 2012). The economy fails to reach its full...

... Emerald Publishing Limited 2025 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Employment Gender disparities Early marriage Technology access Education J16 J21 J71 O15 The global expansion of economic activities has improved job opportunities for women, yet...

... empowerment individual can translate his/her choices into desired actions while describing it as multi-dimensional. But in particular, women empowerment enhances intrinsic capability, and self-confidence and makes them capable to overcome external barriers (Sen and Batliwala (2000)). C23 J16 O15...

... Gender economic inclusion Sustainable development Africa J16 Q01 055 In 2017, the Global Gender Report published by the World Economic Forum revealed that women make up half of the world’s population just like their male counterparts; however, despite this, the former do not have equal...

... subsidy Gender-specific education subsidy Child schooling Gender earning inequality General equilibrium I24 J16 J31 (2) h M = h M ( G M ) ;   h M ′ > 0 , h M ″ < 0 (3) h F = h F ( G F ) ;   h F ′ > 0 , h...

... J16 An education status decides the economic and social prosperity of a nation as well as lays the foundation of a country. Hence, the link between education and economic success can be conceptualized on the basis of three fundamental approaches. Initially, the emphasis needs to be given...

... J15 J16 J21 J24 Q15 R20 Mounting evidence on rural livelihoods point towards a gradual transition of households from agriculture to rural non-farm sector (hereafter RNFS) employment with the former sector now is rarely a sufficient source of income (Barrett et al., 2001 ; Ellis...

... before marriage Rural India Self-esteem and efficacy Rights C3 C8 D1 J16 O1 O12 The question which becomes important in this context is what constitutes women's empowerment. According to Duflo (2012) , women's empowerment is “improving the ability of women to access...

... for more than a year by teachers with traditional gender role beliefs scored lower in math tests than boys. Gender Achievement gap National examination Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa I24 I25 J16 J24 Promoting education across the globe, especially in developing countries, is believed...

... Gender parity index Panel data C33 J16 J31 J70 N30 In the Indian context, various studies on gender pay gap are undertaken. Varkkey and Korde (2013) demonstrate that the gender pay gap varies across the states. They also show that, in semi-skilled work, sometimes women earn more than...

.... J16 G21 E60 Finance is an efficacious instrument for economic development. Access to finance is often empowering, especially for women, as it leads to broader economic and social inclusion (Park and Mercado, 2015). Internationally, a renewed impetus towards financial inclusion (FI) started...

..., this wage difference is represented by equation (1) (Mincer, 1974): (1) l n Y i   =   β 0 +   β 1   educi   +   β 2 expi +   β 3 ex p i 2 +   γ ' X i   + ε i Discrimination Gender Self-employment Brazil J31 J16 J82 E20...

... 02 12 2019 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Inequality Life expectancy Cross-country analysis Gender longevity gap J11 J14 J16 J71 On average, women live longer than men, and the gender longevity gaps differ...

... I18 J16 J64 Ghana has been bedeviled by unemployment for a long time (e.g. Sackey and Osei, 2006 ; Overå, 2007), a phenomenon that is more pervasive in urban towns than in rural areas (Sackey and Osei, 2006). Although data on unemployment statistics for the country are scanty, estimates...

... with employees’ attitude (what they do) rather than their opinion (what they say) about job dissatisfaction. The paper uses appropriate econometric methods to measure job dissatisfaction. The results differ from most published articles on the subject. J28 J63 J16 Job satisfaction is a topic of great...

... Employment Women Poverty Paid–unpaid work J16 J21 J82 India has adopted the philosophy of “faster, sustainable and more inclusive growth” in the process of economic development of the country. Despite having a decent growth rate over the past two decades and moving toward a new growth...

... weighted with the fraction of homosexual workers on total workforce. Gender Labour Discrimination Sexual orientation Job satisfaction Unemployment Segregation J16 J71 M54 Can coming out as a gay male or female affect the job satisfaction in the workplace? Will employers and co...