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gender dimensions within and income earnings in India, the context of gendered participation of female labour supplies in its … traits and labour supply characteristics; aspects of in-market discriminations and gender biases against women in terms of … hiring, promotion, segregation, gender relations and remunerations; and factors influencing women’s work time distribution …
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Gender disparities in education raise many questions for governments and civil societies. There are many factors that … contribute to the gender gap in education. In Eritrea, gender disparities persist in the enrolment rates between boys and girls … at all levels. Gender inequality has become a major issue in Eritrea in the recent years. This paper discusses …
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Developing countries are increasingly concerned about gender dimensions of the impacts of economic reforms initiated … in structure of market employment, gender division of labour remains unequal within household economy. …
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monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions … dominated by gender discrimination among household members. Estimates for Chile show a substantial worsening of poverty and …
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This paper reviews the evidence of gender effects of globalization in developing economies. It then outlines a set of … macroeconomic and trade policies to promote gender equity in the distribution of resources. The evidence suggests that while … liberalization has expanded women’s access to employment, the long-term goal of transforming gender inequalities remains unmet and …
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This paper examines the gender distribution of the benefits of economic growth in several Asian economies from 1970 …-90. Using Borda rank ordering, we compare the progress made in these countries towards closing the gender gap in well-being. In … determinants of changes in this ratio, using regression analysis. The results indicate that gender equity in quality …
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the household, have discernible effects on aggregate saving due to differing saving propensities by gender. An analytical … significant effect of gender on aggregate savings. These findings demonstrate the importance of understanding gender relations at …
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Since the UN World Conference on Women in 1995 the discussion on gender has been extremely controverse. This issue of … the Journal on Technology Assessment (from ITAS) presents and discuss the topic of gender research, and the relation …. UN-Weltfrauenkonferenz in Peking 1995 wurde der Begriff gender extrem kontrovers diskutiert. Die Zeitschrift für …
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Globalization, liberalization, technological development, infrastructure development and WTO etc. are ‘contexts’, which have the potential to positively influence the quantity and quality of women’s participation in agriculture in India’s North Eastern Region. Women in agriculture in...
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important factors that can improve employment opportunities for women, reducing labor by gender differences. The objective of … ICTs such as Knowledge Intensive Services (KIS) are changing some of the basics of labor gender differences. To do it: a …
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