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...
Main Authors: | Iqbal, Sarah, Islam, Asif, Ramalho, Rita, Sakhonchik, Alena |
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Format: | Working Paper |
Language: | English en_US |
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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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