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On the quantity and quality of girls fertility, parental investments, and mortality

Anukriti, S; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Tam, Hiu - 2020

mechanisms finds a narrowing of gender gaps in parental investments in children, moderation of son-biased fertility stopping, and … shrinking of the gap between actual and desired fertility. Heterogeneity in fertility responses suggests a shift in the …

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Are Women Less Productive Farmers? : How Markets and Risk Affect Fertilizer Use, Productivity, and Measured Gender Effects in Uganda

Larson, Donald F. - 2015

African governments and international development groups see boosting productivity on smallholder farms as key to reducing rural poverty and safeguarding the food security of farming and non-farming households. Prompting smallholder farmers to use more fertilizer has been a key tactic. Closing...

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"Missing Girls" in the South Caucasus Countries : Trends, Possible Causes, and Policy Options

Gupta, Monica Das - 2015

Sex ratios at birth rose sharply in the South Caucasus countries after 1991, but recent data indicate that this trend is turning. What caused this rise, and what can be done to accelerate its normalization? Traditional kinship systems in the region are similar to those of other settings with...

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Sex-Selective Abortions, Fertility, and Birth Spacing

Pörtner, Claus C - 2015

Previous research on sex-selective abortions has ignored the interactions between fertility, birth spacing, and sex … selection, despite both fertility and birth spacing being important considerations for parents when deciding on the use of sex … selection. This paper presents a novel approach that jointly estimates the determinants of sex-selective abortions, fertility …

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Preventing more "missing girls" : a review of policies to tackle son preference

Kumar, Sneha; Sinha, Nistha - 2018

In parts of Asia, South Caucasus, and the Balkans, son preference is strong enough to trigger significant levels of sex selection, result in the excess mortality of girls, and skew child sex ratios in favor of boys. Every year, 1.8 million girls under the age of five go "missing" because of the...

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Gender Based Violence in Georgia : Links among Conflict, Economic Opportunities and Services

World Bank Group - 2017

This report summarizes research undertaken as part of the World Bank State- and Peace-building Fund (SPF) financed grant, Strengthening Capacity for Prevention and Response to Sexual- and Gender-Based Violence in Georgia (GBV). The goal of the grant is to build knowledge and capacity on...

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Perceptions of Precariousness : A Qualitative Study of Constraints Underlying Gender Disparities in Mongolia's Labor Market

Schmillen, Achim - 2018

As compared to the majority of countries in the East Asia and Pacific Region, gender disparities in Mongolia are relatively muted. At the same time, a number of important gender disparities do exist. In particular, several studies have documented gender disparities in access to economic...

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Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan : Understanding How Gender Norms in MNA Impact Female Employment Outcomes

World Bank Group - 2018

Do women in Jordan want to work? How do men feel about working women in their family? To what extent do personal beliefs and societal expectations influence a woman's decision to work and why should this matter in development interventions? The Jordanian government and development partners have...

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Gender-Based Employment Segregation : Understanding Causes and Policy Interventions

Das, Smita - 2019

Employment segregation-the unequal distribution of female and male workers across and within jobtypes-is often at the heart of gender gaps in job quality, wage and employment trajectories. Employment segregation carries important costs for the economy, particularly in countries facing a...

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Gender and Family : Conceptual Overview

Barr, Nicholas - 2019

This paper starts from the fact that women receive lower pensions than men on average, and considers policies to address that fact. Women typically have lower wages than men, a greater likelihood of part-time work and more career breaks, and thus generally a less complete contribution record. In...

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