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-Mao reforms in China to estimate the effects of total income and sex-specific income on sex ratios of surviving children. The …
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We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century … commerce quickly dissipates after national compulsory primary schooling is imposed at Unification, suggesting that the channel …
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We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that over the 1861-1901 period family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to …
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observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …
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observed gender differences in behaviour under uncertainty found in previous studies might partly reflect social learning … rather than inherent gender traits. …
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vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … between vocational skills and available jobs, the record of vocational schooling has been more positive. Israel constitutes a … impact of vocational schooling on finer breakdowns of the population of secondary school completers. …
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results show that discrimination plays a more important role in explaining gender wage differentials than in explaining ethnic …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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