Several economies have laws that treat women differently from men. This study explores the degree of such legal gender disparities across 167 economies around the world. This is achieved by constructing a simple measure of legal gender disparities to evaluate how countries perform. The average number of overall legal gender disparities across 167 economies is 17, ranging from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 44. The maximum possible legal gender disparities...
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2016/08/23
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS7803
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2016/08/23
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Disclosed
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Unequal before the law : measuring legal gender disparities across the world
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gender disparity