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reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a … credit) and women's decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and … household level. The paper also summarizes evidence from studies examining the relationship between gender equality and poverty …
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reducing poverty and stimulating growth. Going beyond the large literature documenting the impact of female education on a … credit) and women's decision-making power within households on poverty reduction and productivity at the individual and … household level. The paper also summarizes evidence from studies examining the relationship between gender equality and poverty …
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by reducing poverty-thereby causing poorer families to discriminate less against females in intra-household allocations … poverty-might actually have led to greater gender equality in India-by reducing poverty-linked gender discrimination. The …
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Considering the vital importance of gender equality to development and the specific promise of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development to leave no one behind, girls and boys should be provided with equal opportunities to achieve their fullest potential as promoted in specific Sustainable...
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We examine individual-level determinants of interest in STEM and analyze whether a digital web application for elementary-school children can increase children's interest in STEM with a specific focus on narrowing the gender gap. Coupling a randomized-controlled trial with experimental lab and...
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Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women's re- luctance to choose technical occupations, although the foundations for career choices are certainly laid earlier, during education. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in math and science and are...
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In this paper, we study the role of education as insurance against a bad marriage. Historically, due to disparities in earning power and education across genders, married women often found themselves in an economically vulnerable position, and had to suffer one of two fates in a bad marriage:...
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