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associated with fewer non-marital sexual relationships for women. The data show a robust association between bride price payment … and lower rates of non-marital sexual relationships for women but not for men …
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data on enrollment by age and gender, with information on Title IX investigations to study changes in women's college … the implications of these investigations on college enrollment, particularly for women. We combine institution-level panel … enrollment. We estimate that enrollment of women at colleges under Title IX investigation declined by 16 to 22 percent. The …
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We study the long-term determinants of the high rates of HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly among women … the frequency of extramarital partnerships. We document relevant gender differences in behavior: in clusters affected by a … larger demographic shock men (but not women) display a more intense sexual activity, while women (but not men) are more …
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registered partnership are equally discriminated in comparison to the heterosexual women in the city of Munich, no discrimination …
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Our study is motivated by two disturbing evidences concerning women in India. On one hand, crime against women is on … the rise while on the other, women's labor force participation rate (WLFPR) has been declining over the last three decades …. We estimate the extent to which the decline in WLFPR can be assigned to increasing instances of crime against women. We …
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The stagnancy of women's workforce participation in urban India is alarming and puzzling, considering the pace of … women can be explained by growing instances of officially reported crimes against women. We employ a fixed effects strategy … approach and a border-analysis. Our findings indicate that a one standard deviation increase in sexual crimes per 1000 women …
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development among young women. Using administrative in- and outpatient records from Sweden, we apply a novel grouped fixed …
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I consider the alcohol consumption of opposite-gender peers as explanatory to adolescent sexual intercourse and …
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. Although the percentage of Ph.D. degrees awarded to women and the representation of women on faculties have increased over time …, economics still lags many other fields. Previous research has documented gender gaps in tenure, promotion and publication, some … of which have narrowed over time. This study examines another aspect of women's representation within the economics …
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psychology literature with respect to the academic impact of gender dynamics in the classroom. Specifically, using data from a …
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