The private and social returns are high on investements to improve women's economic productivity-particularly education.

The field of development economics has evolved since volume 3 of the Handbook of Development Economics was published more than a decade ago.

How are human capital investments allocated between women and men? What are the returns to investments in women's nutrition, health care, education, mobility, and training?

Research has rarely tested the proposition that women have lost more than men when low- income countries introduce minimum wage legislation and certain other labor market regulations that raise the cost of labor to firms compared with ...