abstract: 'This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender

  discrimination by the law as it affects women''s economic opportunity and

  charts the evolution of legal inequalities over five decades. Using the

  World Bank''s newly constructed Women, Business and the Law database, we

  document large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with

  regard to pay and treatment of parenthood. We find positive correlations

  between more equal laws pertaining to women in the workforce and more

  equal labor market outcomes, such as higher female labor force

  participation and a smaller wage gap between men and women.'
affiliation: 'Hyland, M (Corresponding Author), World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington,
  DC 20433 USA.

  Hyland, Marie, World Bank, 1818 H St NW, Washington, DC 20433 USA.

  Djankov, Simeon, London Sch Econ, London, England.

  Djankov, Simeon, Peterson Inst Int Econ, Washington, DC USA.

  Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou, Yale Univ, Dept Econ, New Haven, CT 06520 USA.'
author: Hyland, Marie and Djankov, Simeon and Goldberg, Pinelopi Koujianou
author-email: 'mhyland@worldbank.org

  sdjankov@piie.com

  penny.goldberg@yale.edu'
author_list:
- family: Hyland
  given: Marie
- family: Djankov
  given: Simeon
- family: Goldberg
  given: Pinelopi Koujianou
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.1257/aeri.20190542
eissn: 2640-2068
files: []
issn: 2640-205X
journal: AMERICAN ECONOMIC REVIEW-INSIGHTS
keywords-plus: RETIREMENT; EMPLOYMENT; RIGHTS; IMPACT; LEGISLATION; AGE
language: English
month: DEC
number: '4'
number-of-cited-references: '42'
pages: 475-490
papis_id: 1e7e0f0b0c7ba1ae8c47d5b7c65d6c19
ref: Hyland2020genderedlaws
times-cited: '31'
title: Gendered Laws and Women in the Workforce
type: article
unique-id: WOS:000672750800005
usage-count-last-180-days: '1'
usage-count-since-2013: '10'
volume: '2'
web-of-science-categories: Economics
year: '2020'