Unequal before the law : measuring legal gender disparities across the world (English)

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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Iqbal,Sarah;

Islam,Asif Mohammed;

Ramalho,Rita;

Sakhonchik,Alena;
Document Date
2016/08/23
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS7803
Volume No
1
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1
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World,
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Other,
Disclosure Date
2016/08/23
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Disclosed
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Unequal before the law : measuring legal gender disparities across the world
Keywords
gender disparity

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Iqbal,Sarah; Islam,Asif Mohammed; Ramalho,Rita; Sakhonchik,Alena.

Unequal before the law : measuring legal gender disparities across the world (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7803 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/320521471975957942

Unequal before the law : measuring legal gender disparities across the world (English)

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