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Inequality in Greece: an analysis by income source

Papatheodorou, Christos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1998

This paper employs a decomposition analysis of inequality by income source to understand and explain particular aspects of income inequality in Greece. The results suggest that entrepreneurial income is the most significant contributor to overall inequality in Greece. It is also shown that there...

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Decomposing inequality in Greece: results and policy implications

Papatheodorou, Christos - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper investigates the extent to which certain social characteristics and personal attributes could help explain income inequality in Greece. This analysis is quite revealing for understanding and explaining income idfferences among certain population subgroups with apparent policy...

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Giving a little help to girls? evidence on grade discrimination and its effect on students' achievement

Terrier, Camille - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015

This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique … during high school. Based on double-differences, the identification of the gender bias in grades suggests that girls benefit …

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Is child work necessary?

Bhalotra, Sonia - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper investigates why children work by studying the wage elasticity of child labour supply. Incorporating subsistence constraints in to a model of labour supply, we show that a negative wage elasticity favours the hypothesis that poverty compels work whereas a positive wage elasticity...

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Does the labour market explain lower female schooling in India?

Gandhi Kingdon, Geeta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997

cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market …. Using the Blinder-Oaxaca method, the gross gender difference in earnings is decomposed into the part that is explained by …

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Offline social identity and online chat partner selection

Helsper, Ellen - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

-efficacy differed significantly between boys and girls when youth and gender identities were emphasized but not when stressing personal …

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Top team demographics, innovation and business performance: findings from English firms and cities 2008-9

Nathan, Max - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

National Business Survey. I construct measures of diversity and sameness across ethnicity and gender 'bases', alongside …

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Continuity and change in pathways to young adult disadvantage: results from a British birth cohort

Hobcraft, John - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003

A life-course account of the pathways to adult social exclusion for children born in 1958 is explored. We identify the pervasive childhood factors, associated with a wide range of adult disadvantage, and specific life-course domain antecedents. Childhood disadvantage has more powerful legacies...

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Living with HIV post-diagnosis: a qualitative study of the experiences of Nairobi slum residents

Wekesa, Eliud; Coast, Ernestina - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

fertility goals, while minimizing HIV transmission risk. …

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Gender and the labor market: what have we learned from field and lab experiments?

Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

have lower preferences than men for risk and competition and may be more sensitive to social cues. These gender differences … of gender preferences—nature versus nurture, or their interaction—and their role, if any, in the workplace. … unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new …

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