ABSTRACT
Gender is not the only form of inequality in a society. Many of the disadvantages faced by women from marginalized households in their struggle to make a living are shared by men from such households, but gender generally intensifies class and other forms of disadvantage. This chapter discusses the gender inequalities tend to be much larger at the lower end of the income distribution and among socially marginalized groups. It focuses on the gender inequalities tend to be much larger at the lower end of the income distribution and among socially marginalized groups. The chapter that one reason for asymmetry in the two-way relationship between economic growth and gender equality is differences in the causal pathways involved. The fact that the impact of economic growth on gender equality is mediated by local-level patriarchal structures rules out the likelihood that it will be uniform for men and women across the world.
