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Do information and communication technologies empower female workers? : firm-level evidence from Viet Nam
Chun, Natalie; Tang, Heiwai - 2018
physical tasks. These results suggest that ICT can lower gender inequality in the labor market by shifting the labor demand … interactive tasks, suggesting that gender differences in education may have limited female labor supply for the most innovative …This paper studies the effects of firms' investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) on their …
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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins
Rosenzweig, Mark Richard; Zhang, Junsen - 2012
This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696201
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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success
Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020
We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and...
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Preferences, confusion and competition
Hefti, Andreas; Liu, Shuo; Schmutzler, Armin - 2020
Do firms seek to make the market transparent,or do they confuse the consumers in their product perceptions? We show that the answer to this question depends decisively on preference heterogeneity. Contrary to the well-studied case of homogeneous goods, confusion is not necessarily an equilibrium...
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Hidden persuaders : do small gifts lubricate business negotiations?
Maréchal, Michel André; Thöni, Christian - 2016
Gift-giving customs are ubiquitous in social, political, and business life. Legal regulation and industry guidelines for gifts are often based on the assumption that large gifts have the potential to influence behavior and create conflicts of interest, but small gifts do not. However, scientific...
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What do lost wallets tell us about survey measures of social capital?
Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian Lukas; … - 2020
We validate survey measures of social capital with a new data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning generalized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012240022
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What do cross-country surveys tell us about social capital?
Tannenbaum, David; Cohn, Alain; Zünd, Christian; … - 2020 - Revised version
We validate survey measures of social capital with a new behavioral data set that examines whether citizens report a lost wallet to its owner. Using data from more than 17,000 lost wallets across 40 countries, we find that survey measures of social capital - especially questions concerning...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390078
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Social comparison in the workplace : evidence from a field experiment
Cohn, Alain; Fehr, Ernst; Herrmann, Benedikt; … - 2011
We conducted a randomized field experiment to examine how workers respond to wage cuts, and whether their response depends on the wages paid to coworkers. Workers were assigned to teams of two, performed identical individual tasks, and received the same performance-independent hourly wage....
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On the concept of equity in opportunity
Son, Hyun H. - 2011
changes in the opportunities for health care and education in the Philippines from 1998 to 2007. …
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Learning loss and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic : a systematic review of evidence
Dela Cruz, Nina Ashley; Adona, Ann Jillian; Molato, Rhea; … - 2024
This systematic review covers 56 studies that measure the effects of school closures on learning outcomes during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic and 20 studies that evaluate the impact of measures to reduce learning loss. It restricts attention to evaluations with credible control...
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