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they share household tasks. Wage policies promoting gender wage equality lead all couples to renegotiate the terms of their …
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female investment in career, and look into the possible effect on the gender division of labor, particularly the male share …
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Men are known to have a higher taste for competition than women. This paper presents an experiment that analyses the different determinants of the choice to enter a competition : beliefs and the competition level. As far as entry in the competition is concerned, low-performing subjects adapt...
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Much of the gender inequality in the labour market is brought about by women's dual role as worker and (potential … first section discusses various gender-equality models which imply different ways of organising, for example, childcare …, parental leave and flexible working time. Sections two and three look at gender inequalities in labour market outcomes and …
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This working paper dealing with the right to education is at the origin of a written statement presented by the Centre Europe Tiers-Monde (CETIM) during the March 2007 4th session of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations Organization in Geneva (item 2 : implementation of the General...
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There exists a large consensus in the economic literature and in the economic institutions about the legitimacy of policies subsidizing education. This legitimacy lies in the fact that education is a source of positive externalities. In a standard framework of endogenous fertility, the present...
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The measurement of gender inequalities has become an important topic in the academic literature. First, appropriate … given to the relationship between gender inequality and economic growth. Measuring gender inequalities contributes to … an aggregate index of gender inequalities in developing countries : the Gender Inequalities Index (GII). Using Multiple …
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: gender and ethnic groups who are less integrated in the labour market benefit more from peer effect. Finally, networks …
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Even in countries where there is a male-biased sex ratio, it is still possible for the marriage market to be balanced if men marry younger women and population is growing. We define a missing Brides Index to reflect the intensity of the possible imbalance at steady state, taking into account the...
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highly differentiated by gender. In this paper we examine whether couples deviate from efficiency in household production …
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