The Great Gender Divergence

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Progressive Laws trigger Backlash
The World Bank is campaigning to end sexist laws. Will this promote gender equality? The Great Gender Divergence is a reader-supported publication. To…
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Cousin Marriage & Islam
Why is cousin marriage especially common in Muslim-majority countries? Andrey Korotayev and Duman Bahrami-Rad hypothesise that Islamic inheritance…
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What explains the global religious divergence?
Why did the Muslim Brotherhood take off in the 1970s? Why is Pentecostalism thriving in Latin America? What explains rising religosity in post-Soviet…
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The Economics of Resentment
A new paper by Sahil Chinoy, Nathan Nunn, Sandra Sequeira and Stefanie Stantcheva examines beliefs that the world is ‘zero sum’: your success is my…
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Can Laws undo Sexism?
2.4 billion women still lack men’s legal rights. Legal discrimination persists in most countries: regarding mobility, employment, entrepreneurship…
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Has the World Become More Gender Equal? Why Not?
The World Bank has just published new data on 21st century progress and regional heterogeneity in gender equality. The headline figures sound promising…
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What the Inuit teach us about Gender Equality
“There’s no way he can do it” - Inuits insisted. Without his wife, a man simply could not survive. Her work was crucial. In the global history of…
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Celebrating Masculinity
When individuals are seen as making a valuable contribution to their group, they are given greater respect and authority. But ‘value’ is culturally…
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Stopping Sexual Harassment
“Tell me about the process of moving to the UK”, I asked my friend from Uzbekistan. What do you think she replied? Individualism, anonymity, the rarity…
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The Great Gender Divergence
The Great Gender Divergence
Why has the world become more gender equal? Why are some societies more gender equal than others?

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