...Keera Allendorf; Susan E. Short; Nancy Luke; Hongwei Xu Modernization theory posited gender ideology as a unidimensional continuum from “traditional” to egalitarian, with societies becoming more egalitarian as they progress. Recent research replaces this unidimensional view with multidimensionality...

...Yasmin A. Mertehikian; Emilio A. Parrado This paper investigates gender differences in the short- and longer-term impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on employment status in Argentina. Using individual cross-sectional and panel data from household surveys, we compare employment status (inactive...

... with policy recommendations. Figure 1. Smoking prevalence by income group and gender over time, 2000 to 2015. Note: DC, developed country; LDC, less developed country. Although the transition model presents an empirical description of smoking behavior by gender, it largely overlooks issues...

...Soma Chaudhuri; Merry Morash This research explores how empowerment programs impact gender-based violence and the social structures that lead to such violence in the first place. Drawing from interviews with former participants in empowerment programs that focus on building community leaders...

...-employment as a tool for bolstering women's earnings. In this paper, we identify a novel intervention that boosts women's returns from self-employment and narrows the gender earnings gap in an informal, residential market. We argue that micro-spatial resources offer gender-specific advantages to female...

... development sociology of development governance politics sexuality gender food Sociologists have much to contribute to the study of global health and development. Our discipline's fundamental concern with issues of power and inequality renders us uniquely positioned to leverage theoretical...

... by forging collectivized ways of living and working, and that in this context technology is localized, collectivized, and felt. These findings suggest that examining process and implementation defies fixed narratives on the relationships between gender, entrepreneurship, technology, and development. One...

...Phyllis L. Baker; Kevin T. Leicht Research and policy analysis on gender, development, and globalization have focused extensively on the changing roles and social status of women as one of the keys to reaching global development goals and improving social well-being. Yet at the same time...

... performing various forms of gendered and class-stratified labor. Our conception of microfinance draws attention to the industry's reliance on the devalued labor of women, and the influence of class and geographic divisions on the functioning of microfinancial chains at all levels. Our chain-oriented...

... Economic Shock Cumulative Causation Migrant Social Capital Gender Contemporary theories of migration suggest that decisions to move or stay and the overall patterns of movement are closely related to economic conditions in places of destination and origin ( de Haas 2010 , 2012 ; Massey et al...

...Rae Lesser Blumberg This article explores whether a region's traditional type of agricultural production - “dry” (rain-fed) vs. “wet” (irrigated rice) - has long-term effects on women's equality and on development. It examines the three world regions with the widest range of gender stratification...