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Education is generally believed to be beneficial in fostering, independent of gender, higher labor productivity. Female … education may, however, cause other socio-economic gains which are not captured by higher wage or better compensation package … enhancing female education and reducing gender education inequality on various measures of sustainable development. After …
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This research aims to assess the household and individual-level factors, specifically education, that affect the … labor force survey and exploring how household and individual-level factors, specifically focusing on women's education … level, relate to women's employment status categories. The study's findings reveal that education plays an essential role in …
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male- and female-dominated industries and education levels on gender inequality in five developed countries- the United … gender wage gap? (2) Is there a cross-country variation in the relationship between education levels and the gender wage gap …? (3) Is there an impact of education levels on the gender employment gap? As for empirical analysis, for the first two …
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on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial …
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This paper examines the policy initiatives, taken since the 1970s, that have shaped the development of education in … goal of quality universal public education in Pakistan elusive. Specifically, this study reveals that the quest for … universal education has been stymied by interconnected, often self-perpetuating factors, such as:- unprecedented population …
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This paper examines the impact of foreign aid on gender equality in education outcomes in developing countries … indicate that aggregate aid disbursements to the education sector negatively affect gender parity in enrolment at the secondary … and tertiary education levels and have no impact on gender parity in primary education. No impact of subsector specific …
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the vast majority of countries. Third, in many countries with low levels of education for both men and women in 1960 … better. Fourth, gender gaps rarely persist in countries where boys attain high levels of education. Most countries with large … education than men in some regions of the world. Although gender gaps in educational attainment are diminishing in most …
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, Filipino males were somewhat more educated than females. Now the males are lagging behind the females and the education gender … paper argues that today gender equality advocacy should go beyond the stereo-typical focus on girls' education and pay more … attention to issues that are hurting boys’ education. Failure to pursue win-win strategies to address gender bias in education …
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