abstract: 'There is increasing interest in the consequences of uncertainty, yet

  research on its effects on gender equality is scarce. This study

  investigates the impact of uncertainty on gender inequality using a

  sample of 100 countries over the period 1991-2017. The analysis is

  carried out for 22 indicators of gender inequality in four dimensions

  (employment, health, education, rights) and five uncertainties (domestic

  uncertainty, world uncertainty, world trade uncertainty, global economic

  policy uncertainty, geopolitical risk). First, uncertainty appears to

  increase gender inequality in employment by affecting vulnerable

  employment, unemployment, and self-employment; and by reducing waged and

  salaried employment, numbers of contributing family workers, labour

  force participation, and employment in industry and services. Second,

  uncertainty is found to be very harmful in its effect on gender equality

  in health, as it decreases life expectancy and survival to age 65, and

  increases the mortality of women. Third, uncertainty improves gender

  equality in education, as it increases school enrolment at primary and

  tertiary levels. Fourth, uncertainty improves the Women, Business and

  the Law Index, but has mixed effects on women''s economic, political, and

  social rights.(c) 2022 Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

  Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.'
affiliation: 'Nguyen, CP (Corresponding Author), Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Coll
  Econ Law \& Govt, Sch Publ Finance, 59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City
  700000, Vietnam.

  Nguyen, Canh Phuc, Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Coll Econ Law \& Govt, Sch Publ Finance,
  59C Nguyen Dinh Chieu,Dist 3, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.

  Nguyen, Canh Phuc, Univ Econ Ho Chi Minh City, Hlth \& Agr Policy Res Inst, Coll
  Econ Law \& Govt, 279 Nguyen Tri Phuong,Dist 10, Ho Chi Minh City 700000, Vietnam.'
author: Nguyen, Canh Phuc
author-email: canhnguyen@ueh.edu.vn
author_list:
- family: Nguyen
  given: Canh Phuc
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1016/j.qref.2022.06.003
eissn: 1878-4259
files: []
issn: 1062-9769
journal: QUARTERLY REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND FINANCE
keywords: Uncertainty; Men; Women; Equality
keywords-plus: 'ECONOMIC-POLICY UNCERTAINTY; WAGE INEQUALITY; PANEL-DATA; GROWTH;

  UNEMPLOYMENT; INSTITUTIONS; SWEDEN; SHOCKS; WORK'
language: English
month: NOV
number-of-cited-references: '85'
orcid-numbers: Canh, NGUYEN Phuc/0000-0001-8467-5010
pages: 31-47
papis_id: a89cff488da9dc79848ba8c46ff12e8c
ref: Nguyen2022uncertaintygender
researcherid-numbers: Canh, NGUYEN Phuc/AAG-8627-2019
times-cited: '2'
title: 'Uncertainty and gender inequality: A global investigation'
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000861350800002
usage-count-last-180-days: '8'
usage-count-since-2013: '17'
volume: '86'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2022'