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Will it be a shecession? The unintended influence of working from home on the gender wage gap related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Bonacini, Luca; Gallo, Giovanni; Scicchitano, Sergio - 2021
Working from home (WFH) has become a key factor during the COVID-19 pandemic, especially in countries that have implemented severe social distancing measures. This paper investigates the potential influence of the working from home attitude of occupations on the gender wage gap (GWG) reported by...
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The Nativity Wealth Gap in Europe: a Matching Approach
Ferrari, Irene - 2019
This paper uses a matching method to provide an estimate of the nativity wealth gap among older households in Europe …. This approach does not require imposing any functional form on wealth and avoids validity-out-of-the-support assumptions …; furthermore, it allows not only the estimation of the mean of the wealth gap but also its distribution for the common …
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Smog in Our Brains: Gender Differences in the Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance
Chen, Xi; Zhang, Xiaobo; Zhang, Xin - 2017
While there is a large body of literature on the negative health effects of air pollution, there is much less written about its effects on cognitive performance for the whole population. This paper studies the effects of contemporaneous and cumulative exposure to air pollution on cognitive...
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Why so slow? The School-to-Work Transition in Italy
Pastore, Francesco - 2017
This essay provides a comprehensive interpretative framework to understand the reasons why the school-to-work transition (SWT) is so slow and hard in Italy. The country is a typical example of the South European SWT regime, where the educational system is typically rigid and sequential, the...
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Getting it right. Youth employment policy within the EU
Pastore, Francesco - 2017
This essay discusses the determinants of youth unemployment within the EU and then the alternative policy options currently at stake. We argue that youth unemployment regards especially some peripheral EU countries and is due to a mix of factors that should be addressed more vigorously, starting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011643129
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Smog, Cognition and Real-World Decision Making
Chen, Xi - 2018
Cognitive functioning is critical as in our daily life a host of real-world complex decisions in high-stakes markets have to be made. The decision-making process can be vulnerable to environmental stressors. Summarizing the growing economic and epidemiologic evidence linking air pollution,...
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Gender Bias and Intergenerational Educational Mobility: Theory and Evidence from China and India
Emran, M. Shahe; Jiang, Hanchen; Shilpi, Forhad - 2020
We incorporate gender bias against girls in the family, the school and the labor market in a model of intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections. Parents may underestimate a girl's ability, expect lower...
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Teaching ‘out of field’ in STEM subjects in Australia: Evidence from PISA 2015
Shah, Chandra; Richardson, Paul; Watt, Helen - 2020
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical part of a modern education system. Motivating students to learn STEM subjects is however a challenge. Teachers have a critical role in motivating students but to do this effectively they need to have appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012196388
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Do Swedish schools discriminate against children with disabilities?
Ahmed, Ali; Hammarstedt, Mats; Karlsson, Karl - 2020
We present results from a field experiment in which fictitious parents to children with certain types of disabilities, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM), make inquires to Swedish schools about admission for their children to the compulsory...
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Teaching ‘out of field’ in STEM subjects in Australia: Evidence from PISA 2015
Shah, Chandra; Richardson, Paul; Watt, Helen - 2020
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical part of a modern education system. Motivating students to learn STEM subjects is however a challenge. Teachers have a critical role in motivating students but to do this effectively they need to have appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012217724