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This study establishes the influence of sex-based grammatical gender on gendered violence. We demonstrate a … are consistent with the theoretical possibility that gendered language activates gender schemata in the minds of speakers …, increasing the salience of gender distinctions and existing gender norms which legitimize gendered violence. …
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Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender … the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender …
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We investigate the drivers of gender differentials in hiring chances. More concretely, we test (i) whether recruiters … perceive job applicants in gender stereotypical terms when making hiring decisions and (ii) whether the activation of these … gender stereotypes in recruiters' minds varies by the salience of gender in a particular hiring context and the gender …
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Worldwide, 1.6 million girls are "missing" at birth every year. One policy tool to improve the sex ratio is a conditional cash transfer that pays parents to invest in daughters, but existing evidence on their effectiveness is sparse. Using a difference-in-differences framework, we evaluate the...
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in reducing gender gap in employment. …
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We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days …
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respect of discrimination by gender. Accordingly, much of the discussion focuses on the role of discrimination in driving a …
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show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first child on the overall gender gap in employment is accounted for … by gender disparities in non-local employment, with mothers being more likely to give up non-local employment compared to … fathers. This gender specialisation is mostly driven by opposing job location responses of men and women to individual …
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We investigate the gender gap in Economics among bachelor's and master's grad- uates in Italy between 2010 and 2019 … the math background in driving the Economics gender gap relative to other fields. Fourth, a triple difference analysis of … in the Economics gender gap among treated students. …
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We investigate gender differences across multiple dimensions after three months of the first UK lockdown of March 2020 … and housework more than men. Neither the gender gaps in COVID-19-related health and economic concerns nor the gender gaps … find that the gender gap in mental health can be partially accounted for by the difference in COVID-19-related health …
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