ABSTRACT
Measuring agency is an auspicious method of examining inequalities, as it reveals how institutions impact agency and if agents have capabilities to impact institutions. The research provides a comprehensive analysis of gender agency using the World Value Survey (WVS). WVS is used to measure agency across the world and to compare how traditional factors (employment, income, education, health, marital status, etc.) and national factors (attitudes toward feminism, violence, etc.) impact women's and men's agency. The results show that national factors, particularly the spread of feminist values, prevail over traditional economic factors. High-income economies tend to more even distribution of agency determinants. Regional classification also shows bright distinctions. Further, countries are clustered according to the weight of the features, the level of agency and the economic indicators.
