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This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...
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based on data derived from the PISA 2009 database, the presented findings show that the vast majority of this gender … dropout rate overestimates male performance means, creating a selection bias in the regular OLS estimation. In order to …
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Diversity in gender identity and sexual orientation challenges traditional institutions, social norms, and gendered …
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This paper presents evidence of the effects of gender diversity on firm innovation outcomes and their productivity in … endogeneity issues of women's participation in STI and innovation behavior. An upward bias of the impact of gender diversity on … innovation might arise because more dynamic and innovative managers, knowing the value of gender diversity, may also hire more …
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This study analyzes the evolution of gender-based educational and occupational segregation, from 1999 to 2016, for four … segregation in explaining occupational segregation. There are four major findings. First, aggregate gender-based educational and …
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This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated …: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …. Finally, it reflect on differences in the ways that gender inequalities play out across different socio-economic groups …
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status in which women raise their children and the family context in which children are raised. We refer to family context as … inequality of opportunities in family change. Second, we focus on the implications of family forms on children's school …This chapter provides an account of the major family transformations that occurred in recent decades across Latin …
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This paper estimates the effect of childcare availability on parents' employment probability using the timing of death …
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American countries. We test two possible mechanisms: the gender-stereotypes related to job skills and the use of inclusive … highlight the importance of language and the type of information presented in job advertisements in attracting a gender …
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