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The Gender Gap in Mathematics: Evidence from Low-and-Middle Income Countries

Bharadwaj, Prashant; Giorgi, Giacomo de; Hansen, David; … - eSocialSciences - 2012

Is there a gender gap in mathematics across many low- and middle-income countries? A detailed, comparable test score data is used to analyze this. Micro level data on school performance linked to household demographics shows that the gender gap appears to increase with age. It is shown that...

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Populations at Risk: Other End of Youth Bulge

Priya, Lakshmi - eSocialSciences - 2011

While there is much written on the youth bulge in developing countries, little is being done to address the problems of the elderly. And yet demographically, it is this section that is showing high growth rates.

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Going Beyond Gender as Usual: Why and How Global HIV/AIDS Donors Can Do More for Women and Girls

Droggitis, Christina; Oomman, Nandini; Wendt, David - eSocialSciences - 2010

This brief shows how three of the biggest donors to global HIV/AIDS programs can go beyond their stated commitments to address gender inequality and more effectively combat HIV and AIDS.

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The Importance of Being Wanted

Do, Quy-Toan; Phung, Tung Duc - eSocialSciences - 2010

We identify birth wantedness as a source of better child outcomes. In Vietnam, the year of birth is widely believed to determine success. As a result, cohorts born in auspicious years are 12 percent larger. Comparing siblings with one another, those of auspicious cohorts are found to have 2...

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Participation in Economy

eSocialSciences; Central Statistical Organization CSO - 2014

This is the 4th Chapter of the report 'Women and Men in India' by CSO. Although women constitute a little less than the …

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Women are Better at Selecting Gifts than Men

Pollmann, Monique M. H.; Beest, Ilja van - eSocialSciences - 2013

There is a widespread belief that women are better at selecting gifts than men; however, this claim has not been …

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Involuntary Childlessness Among The Middle Classes In Vadodara City

Mehta, Bhamini; Kapadia, Shagufa; Chakrabarty, Debjani - eSocialSciences - 2005

The research focuses on experiences of involuntary childlessness among women and men and societal perceptions of the … of childlessness on the self, marital relationships, family, and society, as well as the pattern of seeking treatment and … the coping strategies used. The study also involves understanding the perceptions of women and men towards the process of …

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Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Tall and not so Tall Women of India

Viswanathan, Brinda; Sharma, Viney - eSocialSciences - 2011

associated with taller men and women. This study based on a recent Indian data analyses the variations in height among adult …

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From Economic Meltdown to Social Crunch â€“ Impact of the Global Economic Recession on Social Capital Building in Developing Countries and What We still Don't Know!

Wong, Sam - eSocialSciences - 2011

the Crisis affected men and women differently, but how different groups of men and women were affected by the Crisis is …

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Formalizing the Informal Economy: Womenâ€™s Autonomous Self-Employment in Rural South India

Watson, Samantha - eSocialSciences - 2012

This paper considers the effects of contemporary restructuring of women and menâ€™s employment in rural south India alongside ongoing efforts to recast Indiaâ€™s poor rural women as entrepreneurs. This study takes advantage of data from the year 2000 in the Indian National Sample...

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