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The Economics of Dowry Payments in Pakistan

Anderson, K.S. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenomenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of South Asia is sparse.The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan.Several interpretations for dowry are distinguished using a simple theoretical framework and...

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The Economics of Roscas and Intra-Household Resource Allocation

Anderson, K.S.; Baland, J-M. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2000

This paper investigates individual motives to participate in rotating savings and credit associations (roscas).Detailed evidence from roscas in a Kenyan slum (Nairobi) suggests that most roscas are predominantly composed of women, particularly those living in a couple and earning an independent...

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Organization, Evolution, Cognition and Dynamic Capabilities

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007

Using insights from ‘embodied cognition’ and a resulting ‘cognitive theory of the firm’, I aim to contribute to the further development of evolutionary theory of organizations, in the specification of organizations as ‘interactors’ that carry organizational competencies as...

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Degrees of Cooperation in Household Consumption Models : A Revealed Preference Analysis

Cherchye, L.J.H.; Demuynck, T.; de Rock, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2009

We develop a revealed preference approach to analyze non-unitary con- sumption models with intrahousehold allocations deviating from the cooper- ative (or Pareto e¢ cient) solution. At a theoretical level, we establish re- vealed preference conditions of household consumption models with...

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Noncooperative Household Consumption with Caring

Cherchye, L.J.H.; Demuynck, T.; de Rock, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2011

We present a household consumption model that accounts for caring house- hold members, while allowing for noncooperative behavior in decisions on pub- lic goods. The intrahousehold consumption outcome critically depends on the degree of caring between the household members. By varying the degree...

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Organization, Evolution, Cognition and Dynamic Capabilities

Nooteboom, B. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2006

Using insights from 'embodied cognition' and a resulting 'cognitive theory of the firm', I aim to contribute to the further development of evolutionary theory of organizations, in the specification of organizations as 'interactors' that carry organizational competencies as 'replicators', within...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092839

Part-time Jobs : What Women Want?

van Ours, Jan; Booth, A.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2010

Part-time jobs are popular among partnered women in many countries. In the Netherlands the majority of partnered working women have a part-time job. Our paper investigates, from a supply-side perspective, if the current situation of abundant part-time work in the Netherlands is likely to be a...

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Job Satisfaction And Family Happiness : The Part-Time Work Problem

van Ours, Jan; Booth, A.L. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2007

satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men … children do not care about their hours of work at all, while women with children are significantly happier if they have a job …

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Good Global Legal Practices to Promote Gender Equality in the Labor Market

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2013

countries, because many women continue to experience gender inequalities at work. An analysis of strategies to counter gender … Gender Equality in the Labor Market •Good Global Legal Practices to Promote Gender Equality in the Labor Market •Gender … Equality and the Labor Market: Cambodia, Kazakhstan, and the Philippines •Gender Equality in the Labor Market in Cambodia …

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Gender Equality in the Labor Market in the Philippines

Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014

Based on an analysis of gender inequalities, strategies and promising initiatives to counter gender discrimination and … decent work and gender equality good practices in the country. The report is part of a series consisting of: •Good Global … Economic and Social Practices to Promote Gender Equality in the Labor Market •Good Global Legal Practices to Promote Gender …

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