Unequal before the Law : Measuring Legal Gender Disparities across the World

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...

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Main Authors: Iqbal, Sarah, Islam, Asif, Ramalho, Rita, Sakhonchik, Alena
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2016/08/26722425/unequal-before-law-measuring-legal-gender-disparities-across-world
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25048

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