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differences: men tend to inherit larger sums than women during their working life. Women often outlive their male partners, thus …
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effects double in magnitude. Having a critical female manager does not affect effort provision but it does lower workers …
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investigate the underlying mechanisms that shape gender discrimination within firms. We find evidence of a "women helping women …" pattern through spill-over effects which reduce discrimination among women, but increase discrimination among men … time, particularly for women in high-skilled jobs, are shown to be effective in reducing gender discrimination. The above …
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This paper investigates if there is state dependence in the gender composition of managers in German establishments. We analyze whether the number of hired female managers (respectively the share of females within hired managers) depends on the past hiring decisions of an establishment. Using...
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We develop a framework for quantifying barriers to labor force participation (LFP) and entrepreneurship faced by women … women entrepreneurs. However, there is one area in which female entrepreneurs have an advantage: the hiring of female …. Counterfactual simulations indicate that removing all excess barriers faced by women entrepreneurs would substantially increase the …
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This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is both beneficial and straightforward. An undergraduate course in labor economics presents an ideal opportunity to introduce students to the importance of gender differences in...
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the legal right to divorce, historically advocated by women emancipation movements. …
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Using the 2008 Turkish National Survey of Domestic Violence against Women (NSDVW) and the 1997 compulsory schooling … women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control behavior that they face from their partners …. The authors also claim that the incidence of financial control behavior rises because women become more likely to be …
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