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This study focuses on gender-specific determinants of remittances in Germany. The conceptual approach considers gender … of naturalized German citizens, gender differences in the amount of remittances disappear. This can be explained by the …
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Based on survey data for 2002 and 2006, this paper investigates the determinants of credit constraints among women and men in two urban slum communities of Manila in the Philippines. The results show that women are more likely to be credit constrained than men. Rather than wealth, informal...
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This contribution analyzes the variations in reported life satisfaction for men and women in the United Kingdom. While average levels of life satisfaction are similar for men and women, the variations in life satisfaction are more marked for women. Analyzing the British Household Panel Survey...
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provide employees with fringe benefits such as annual leave, social benefits, and health insurance. This gender effect exists …. The study also explores whether this finding is linked to gender differences in social networks and workforce structure … differences in fringe benefits along the “gender of owner” dimension. There remains a sizable and unexplained fringe benefits …
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This study uses a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model specially constructed for investigating gender dimensions … workload, deteriorating capabilities, and increasing relative income poverty. However, the effects remained gender neutral or …
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through which gender, growth, and development interact. It upholds the salience not only of equality in opportunities but also … equality in outcomes. The contribution argues that inequalities based on gender, race, ethnicity, and class undermine the … shared development. It explores how the macroeconomy acts as a structure of constraint in achieving gender equality and in …
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This contribution examines how gender equality features in the World Bank's World Development Report 2006: Equity and … gender inequality in opportunities as a trap that hinders economic growth, it shows no understanding of economic growth as a … gendered process in which old forms of gender inequality are weakened but new forms of gender inequality emerge. …
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) countries, using quarterly data for 1980-2004. The study examines economy-wide and sectoral employment effects by gender by … is weak and does not vary by gender. …
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In Egypt, girls' work primarily takes the form of domestic tasks, which are not considered in many studies of child labor. This paper investigates the effect of girls' work on their school attendance. It uses a modified bivariate probit approach to estimate the effect of work on schooling while...
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In the US, marital status is more important than work history in determining economic security for many older women. Two-thirds of older women in the US receive spouse or widow Social Security benefits. These benefits generally require recipients to be currently married or to have had a ten-year...
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