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Oil price shocks, poverty, and gender: a social accouting matrix analysis for Kenya
Nganou, Jean-Pascal; Parra, Juan Carlos; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
discussion of the impact of oil price shocks in Kenya on different types of households defined according to the gender of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008833287
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Entrepreneurship: what´s happening?
Martinho, Vítor João Pereira Domingues - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Much has been said lately about entrepreneurship, so it seems important to leave here some personal analysis on this topic. The issues outlined here result from a work in about a year in which because a personal and professional obligations it was doing some research on these issues. This is an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009211239
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Drivers of change or cut-throat competitors? Challenging Cultures of Innovation of Chinese and Nigerian migrant entrepreneurs in West Africa
Kohnert, Dirk - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The remarkable influx of Chinese migrant entrepreneurs in different West African countries in recent years has been met … with growing resistance by established local entrepreneurs. Whether the former have a competitive edge over the latter … a trading Diaspora in general vis-à-vis local entrepreneurs, regardless of the background national culture in which it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008568371
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Determinantes del Acceso a un Empleo de Calidad en la región de Los Lagos, Chile: Análsis comparativo entre 1996 y 2003
Arroyo, José Santiago; Figueroa, Víctor - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
contrast the results obtained with the gender discrimination theory. The estimation reflect a behavior of gender discrimination …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005025732
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Household decision-making in agricultural labour household: a case study of West Bengal
Sarker, Debnarayan; Chakraborty, Sanjukta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
This paper focuses on theoretical issues of gender related to household decision making and examines its empirical … likely to indicate gender discrimination in the intra occupational labour market in which both men and women of a household …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009322654
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The School Going Child Worker: An Analysis of Poverty, Asset Inequality and Child Education in Rural India
Chaudhuri, Sanjukta - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In examining child work and education in rural India, I find that Parental education and hours of non household child work demonstrate a U shaped relationship. I contend this is due to weak labor markets for skilled workers in rural India that creates a “high education trap.” This results in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008476356
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Sex selection and gender balance
Bhaskar, V - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
We model sex selection and the equilibrium sex ratio, when parents care about their child's marriage prospects. With intrinsic son preference, selection results in a male-biased sex ratio. This is inefficient, due to a marriage market congestion externality. Medical innovations that facilitate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008531921
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Gender Discrimination and Women's Development in India
sivakumar, marimuthu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Gender is a common term where as gender discrimination is meant only for women, because females are the only victims of … gender discrimination. Females are nearly 50 percent of the total population but their representation in public life is very … study deals with gender discrimination in India, its various forms and its causes. Importance of women in development …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619793
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The Quest for Sons among Punjabis: How Unjust & How Merciless!
Jain, Varinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This small piece provides a few insights into the quest for sons among Punjabis. It reveals the underlying reasons from a sociological perspective and in its endeavour, it tries to provide a striking contrast among various layers of the society regarding the son preference in Punjab.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005619876
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Wage discrimination: The case for reverse regression
Kapsalis, Constantine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
The reverse regression method of measuring wage discrimination is the main challenge to the dominant direct regression method based on the Oaxaca/Blinder approach. In this article, it is argued that the choice between the two methods is fundamentally a choice of assumptions regarding the nature...
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