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We study the transmission of risk attititudes in a unique survey of mothers and children in which both participated in an incentivised risk preference elicitation task. We document that risk preferences are correlated between mothers and children when the children are just 7 to 8 years old. This...
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gender reforms, which have the potential to counteract legal gains in women's freedoms, and help explain why potential …
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candidates. This decline is most pronounced in states with entrenched gender bias and in male-headed parties, suggesting an … institutionalized demand-side barriers rather than gender-specific preferences and constraints …
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between education institutions and employment, iii) providing training opportunities during working life, and iv) making …
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the ways in which gender inequality is a critical factor in understanding vulnerability and resilience efforts concerning … at the household, community, and state levels. In particular, gender inequalities within the Sahel pose a very real … populations. The paper then explores what development and state institutions are doing to resolve gender inequity through climate …
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Goals, drawing on learning from the Social Institutions and Gender Index and in-country research by the OECD Policy Dialogue … tasks more equally between men and women by transforming gender stereotypes. …
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, while marketization reallocates labor from home to market services. Given gender comparative advantages, the first channel …
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than sons. Although China's hukou mobility restrictions are not gender-specific in intent, they have larger adverse effects …
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partnership with a Spanish-speaking online platform for technology positions, ads randomly selected to use gender-neutral language … similar numbers otherwise. In a separate survey experiment, gender-neutral language in ads increases interest and beliefs …
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and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender … economic sectors. In the information technology sector, women were 15 percentage points less likely to receive a callback than …
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