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Culture and the cross-country differences in the gender commuting gap : evidence from immigrants in the United States
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2021
This paper explores the role of the gender equality culture in cross-country gender commuting gap differences. To avoid … inter-relationships between culture, institutions, and economic conditions in a simple cross-country analysis, we adopt the … evidence of the existence of a cultural impact. Our results show that a culture with more gender equality in the country of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497183
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Cultural norms and women's health : implications of the practice of menstrual restrictions in Nepal
Kumar, Rahul; Maity, Bipasha - 2021
We study the association between the ritual of menstrual restrictions and maternal health- care access as well as women's subjective well-being. Similar restrictions, also practised around the time of childbirth, are based on the assumption that women are ritually impure during these phases of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012599564
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Irrigation and culture : gender roles and women's rights
Fredriksson, Per; Gupta, Satyendra Kumar - 2020
autocracy and a culture of collectivism. These are both associated with weaker female property rights. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297216
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Paradise postponed : future tense and religiosity
Mavisakalyan, Astghik; Tarverdi, Yashar; Weber, Clas - 2020
This paper identifies a new source of differences in religiosity: the presence of future tense marking in language. We argue that the rewards and punishments that incentivise religious behaviour are less effective for speakers of languages that contain future tense marking. Consistent with this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012181116
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Gender division of household labor : how does culture operate?
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2019
In this paper, we examine whether culture plays a role in the gender division of household labor. To explore this issue … gender division of housework may be due to cultural differences. We find that the higher the culture of gender equality in … housework and childcare as household labor. Our work is extended by examining how culture operates and is transmitted. We study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151823
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The effect of culture on home-ownership
Marcén, Miriam; Morale, Marina - 2018
In this paper, we analyze the role of culture in determining whether, or not, an individual is a homeowner. We use data … driving our findings. Additionally, we present evidence of different mechanisms of transmission of culture (horizontal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130605
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The effect of gender norms on gender-based sorting across occupations
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2022
Despite the notable progress that has been made in bridging the gap between women and men in the world of work, women 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013361302
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Bitter sugar : slavery and the black family
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2020
We empirically assess the effect of historical slavery on the African American family structure. Our hypothesis is that female single headship among blacks is more likely to emerge in association not with slavery per se, but with slavery in sugar plantations, since the extreme demographic and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012222157
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A fuzzy approach to measuring violence against women and its severity
Bettio, Francesca; Ticci, Elisa; Betti, Gianni - 2018 - draft January 2018
We develop a scale of severity of violence against women based on fuzzy set theory. The scale can be used to derive fuzzy indexes of violence which account for the prevalence, frequency and severity of violence. Using the results of the survey conducted by the European Agency for Human Rights...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130337
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When goal-setting forges ahead but stops short
Islam, Asad; Kwon, Sungoh; Masood, Eema; Prakash, Nishith; … - 2020
In this study, we use at scale randomized control trial among 18,000 secondary students in 181 schools in Tanzania (Zanzibar) to examine the effects of personal best goal-settings on students’ academic performance. We also offer non-financial rewards to students to meet the goals they set. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012208663