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This paper aims at examining wage compression in Europe, defined as a relatively small wage differentials compared with productivity differences. Using the publicly available data on wages drawn from the Structure of Earnings Survey 2002, it considers the existence of wage compression both...
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In the last decades, international trade has increased between industrialised countries and between high- and low-wage countries. This important change has raised questions on how international trade affects the labour market. In this spirit, this paper aims to investigate the impact of...
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managers to cooperatives with female-dominated boards, probably to curb the social orientation of these boards. Overall, gender … is a key factor in considering social performance, but gender interactions appear far more complex than previously …
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The unequal treatment of children is not gender neutral from the parent side. Our results show that women try to … symmetry between mothers' and fathers' financial situations leads to the perpetuation of gender inequality through generations. …
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, migration, gender and wealth data and combine this with secondary sources on the location and timing of the conflict. Depending …
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Microfinance industry has grown massively in the past decades. Even if it is commonly considered as an importantdevelopment tool, the evidence of the socio-economic impact of microfinance is mixed, regardless of what methodology hasbeen applied. The purpose of this study is to assess the...
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period, the MFI does not co-finance projects with mainstream banks and loan size is gender-insensitive. In the second period …, the MFI does co-finance above-ceiling projects with mainstream banks, and we observe a gender gap in loan size. The … results suggest that co-financing leads the originally gender-neutral MFI to import disparate treatment from mainstream banks. …
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lower wages for women, relatively higher productivity for part-timers). Interactions between gender and part-time suggest …
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relevant work experience than Swedishnamed CVs. Results indicate a reverse gender gap in employer priors as initial differences … significant for male applicants. Thus, contrary to what is often assumed about the interaction of gender and ethnicity, we find …
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In the microfinance industry the idea of “empowerment” is often valued as a means to encourage female emancipation from male domination. This paper’s main purpose is to draw on women’s testimonies and narratives to highlight the fundamental importance within these processes of women’s...
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