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Sex, lies, and surveys : the role of interviewer characteristics
Koroknay-Palicz, Tricia; Montalvao, Joao - 2019
gender attitudes and greater expectations about …This paper examines how easily observable interviewer characteristics, such as gender and physical attractiveness, and … more difficult to observe characteristics, such as attitudes and beliefs, affect adolescent girls' disclosure of sexual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004961
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Bound by Bostock : the effect of policies on attitudes
Deal, Cameron - In: Economics letters 217 (2022), pp. 1-3
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013465320
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Variance effects in Bongaarts-Feeney formula
Kohler, Hans-Peter; Philipov, Dimiter - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 1999
Bongaarts and Feeney (1998) have recently proposed an adjusted total fertility rate to disentangle tempo effects from changes in the quantum of fertility. We propose an extension to the Bongaarts and Feeney formula that includes variance effects, i.e., changes in the variance of the fertility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005168317
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DF-analyses of heritability with double-entry twin data: asymptotic standard errors and efficient estimation
Kohler, Hans-Peter; Rodgers, J. C. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2000
In this paper we establish the asymptotic distribution of DeFries-Fulker (1985) regression estimates for heritability and shared environmental influences with double-entry twin data. A simple formula to estimate the covariance matrix of the coefficients in DF-regressions is provided, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818250
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The structure of social networks and fertility decisions: evidence from S. Nyanza District, Kenya
Kohler, Hans-Peter; Behrman, Jere R.; Watkins, Susan Cotts - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 1999
Demographers have increasingly argued that social interaction is an important mechanism for understanding fertility behavior. Yet, substantial uncertainty exists whether ´social learning´ or ´social influence´ constitutes the dominant mechanism through which social networks affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005818255
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Procedural Justice and Work Outcomes in a Unionized Setting: The Mediating Role of Leader-Member Exchange
Wittmer, Jenell L.S.; Martin, James E.; Tekleab, Amanuel G. - In: American Journal of Business 25 (2010) 2, pp. 55-70
-member exchange on the relationship between procedural justice, job attitudes and turnover in a unionized setting. Past research has … shown that procedural justice and subordinate/supervisor exchanges are related to job attitudes and turnover. These … actual turnover. Leadermember exchange partially mediates the relationship between procedural justice and these job attitudes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610943
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Celebrity Endorsements: An Examination of Gender and Consumers’ Attitudes
Klaus, Nathan; Bailey, Ainsworth Anthony - In: American Journal of Business 23 (2008) 2, pp. 53-61
The aim of the study was to assess the impact of the gender of the celebrity and the gender of the consumer who is … female celebrity endorsers. Partial support was found for an interaction effect of gender on response to the gender of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814783
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Family economics writ large
Greenwood, Jeremy; Guner, Nezih; Vandenbroucke, Guillaume - 2016
Powerful currents have reshaped the structure of families over the last century. There has been (i) a dramatic drop in fertility and greater parental investment in children; (ii) a rise in married female labor-force participation; (iii) a significant decline in marriage and a rise in divorce; (iv)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011585848
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap : despite major efforts at equal pay legislation, gender pay inequality still exists in the developed economies : how can this be put...
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2014
Australia it remains around 17%. Interestingly, the gender pay gap is relatively small for the young but increases as men and … explain these wage patterns? And what can governments do to speed up wage convergence to close the gender pay gap? Clearly …, the gender pay gap continues to be an important policy issue. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011414112
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Influence of Gender and Social Networks on Organizational Learning within Technology Incubators
Buche, Mari W.; Scillitoe, Joanne L. - In: American Journal of Business 22 (2007) 1, pp. 59-68
New technology-based ventures (NTBVs) gain access to beneficial social capital through their affiliation with technology incubators, organizations created to facilitate learning leading to the successful development of nascent firms. Scillitoe and Chakrabarti (2005, 2) identified three sources...
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