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within age, gender, and occupation groups. There are notable differences across age groups, however. The effect of the fall … in ICT prices on working from home increases with age. A rationale for such a result is that the preference for working … from home increases with age. …
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variety of tests, warn about a possible widening of gender and inter-generational inequality. …
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This paper investigates whether there is co-movement in subjective wellbeing (swb) gender gaps and objective wellbeing … (owb) gender gaps over time and whether swb gender gaps are caused by gender differences in endowments or by the different … of owb gender equality, ignoring the importance of swb gender equality. We use the NIDS dataset, comparing 2008 and 2017 …
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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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gender that favor men, by marital status and gender that favor married men over married women, and by gender, marital, and … forced out of the labor force to care for children as prescribed by gender norms and the division and specialization of labor …
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The mounting evidence on the demographics of COVID-19 fatalities points to an overrepresentation of minorities and an underrepresentation of women. Us- ing individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County Medical Examiner, we jointly investigate the...
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% more likely to experience income losses than their male counterparts. Conversely, we do not find a comparable gender gap … among employees. Our results further suggest that the gender gap among the self-employed is largely explained by the fact …
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We examine changes in the gender gap in working from home (WFH) in response to the unanticipated first wave of the … COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, we find a non-negligible widening of the gender gap with … WFH being more prevalent among women than among men. Respondents' job traits played a significant role in the gender gap …
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gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … educational activities and less time on physical and media related activities. These gender gaps in time allocation appear at very …
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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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