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Discovering the real world : health workers' career choices and early work experience in Ethiopia

Serra, Danila (contributor) - 2010

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Career placement of skilled migrants in the U.S. labor market : a dynamic approach

Neagu, Ileana Cristina - 2009

"The initial occupational placements of male immigrants in the U.S. labor market vary significantly by country of origin even when education and other factors are taken into account. Does the heterogeneity persist over time? Using data from the 1980, 1990, and 2000 U.S. Censuses, this study...

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A curse of comparison? : Evidence on reference groups for relative income concerns

Kuegler, Alice - 2009

-reported life satisfaction as a proxy for unobservable utility, the relative income of siblings is tested for relevance as a … positively linked to individual life satisfaction. This evidence supplements the scarce economic research on reference groups …

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Improving the Well-Being of Adolescent Girls in Developing Countries

World Bank - 2021

Adolescent girls are viewed as a key demographic group to target for successfully breaking the intergenerational transmission of poverty in developing countries. Unfortunately, for many teenage girls in developing countries, adolescence entails a fleeting transition from childhood to adulthood,...

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The Little Data Book on Gender 2009

World Bank - 2009

This handy pocket guide is a quick reference for users interested in the gender statistics. It presents gender …

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Gender in Bolivian production : reducing differences in formality and productivity of firms

2009

understand gender-based differences in firms' tendencies toward formality, the impact of formality on profits, and the … groups, the study conducts a gender analysis of formality and productivity in six different sectors in Bolivia. The findings … shed new light on how gender-based differences contribute to a firm's decision to become formal and the consequences of …