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compare patterns of segregation across nine ethnic groups, and across Local Education Authorities in England. Looking at both …
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This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique … during high school. Based on double-differences, the identification of the gender bias in grades suggests that girls benefit …
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cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market … functions and selectivity-corrected earnings fluctuations, and calculates the rates of return to education for the two sexes …. Using the Blinder-Oaxaca method, the gross gender difference in earnings is decomposed into the part that is explained by …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: to gain less from negotiation, women appear to …
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concentrated on the income elasticity, but this tells us nothing other than that leisure (or education) is a normal good. Using a …
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The purpose of this paper is to identify the organisational comparative advantage of NGOs, and to develop a model which explains the set of circumstances uder which they emerge and dominate other types of firms. It is argued that the potential superiority of NGOs derives from two features: (1)...
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This paper uses data from the British Household Panel Survey and the Attitudes to Inheritances Survey to estimate the magnitude of and the factors that are correlated with private inter-household transfers from parents to their adult children in the UK. Our evidence suggests that inter vivos...
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No behavior sits in a vacuum, and one behavior can greatly affect what happens next. We propose a conceptual frame within which a broad range of behavioral spillovers can be accounted for when applying behavioral science to policy challenges. We consider behaviors which take place sequentially...
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We conduct a controlled lab-field experiment to directly test the short-run spillover effects of one-off financial incentives in health. We consider how incentives affect effort in a physical activity task – and then how they spillover to subsequent eating behaviour. Compared to a control...
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