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market participation through gender lens. Results show that women’s education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …
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considering transitions into and out of employment, with no gender differential effect. …
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This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...
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students in India. We measure teacher's bias through an index capturing teacher's subjective beliefs about the role of gender … the medium-performing students, having a female teacher significantly reduces the gender gap in math performance. As a …
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are still underrepresented in several occupations. In this article, the effect of gender norms on whether women enter male …-dominated occupations is analysed using differences in gender equality among early-arrival migrants. The variations in gender norms … occupational choices. Using data from the American Community Survey, it is found that greater gender equality in the country of …
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development. The leave policies can also influence women's fertility choices, as well as household specialization and husbands …
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Recent evidence shows that highly skewed sex ratios at birth are observed not only in China and India, but also for a number of countries in the Southeast Europe and South Caucasus - a region that has seen eruptions of conflicts following the collapse of communist regimes. Yet, the role of...
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Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers’ labor force participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the quality of jobs mothers find by estimating the...
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Health at birth is an important indicator of human capital development over the life course. This paper uses … weight on cognitive development during childhood in India. We find that a 10 percent increase in birth weight increases …
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The relationship between physical activity and child health and development is well-documented, yet the extant … comprehensive set of health, non-cognitive development, and academic outcomes of children and adolescents. Applying an individual … physical activity leads to widespread benefits in child development. These include improved health, social and emotional …
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