How Pervasive is the Pink Tax: Evidence from the UK, UAE, and India

Abstract

Over the past few decades, there has been a growing awareness of how gender disparities permeate our economic lives.  Some of the most blatant disparities, for example, the gender wage-gap or differentials in Executive and Board representation in corporations,have entered the cultural zeitgeist.  National polices as well as organizational norms are slowly beginning to shift (or at least in some High-Income Countries (‘HICs’)).