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Gender gaps in PISA test scores: The impact of social norms and the mother's transmission of role attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara; de la Rica, Sara - 2012
The existence of gender gaps in test scores has been documented in the relevant literature for a wide range of countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten years reveals that on average female students underperform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282145
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Empowering the Vulnerable to Be Entrepreneurs: An Empirical Test on the Effectiveness of the Ghana Microfinance Policy 2006
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Sackey, Frank Gyimah - 2016
The study aims at testing the Ghana Microfinance Policy set up to support the vulnerable through access to credit. We … entrepreneurs in the rationing behavior of the microfinance companies. This is what we should expect if the policy is effective. Our … results show that even after controlling for a large number of borrower characteristics, microfinance type and credit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584638
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Part-time work, fixed-term contracts, and the returns to experience
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Paul, Marie; … - 2011
Using data from Spanish Social Security records, we investigate the returns to experience in different flexible work arrangements, including part-time and full-time work, and permanent and fixed-term contracts. We use a trivariate random effects model which consists of a three-equation system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278627
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Child Penalties and the Gender Gap in Home Production and the Labor Market
Koopmans, Pim; van Lent, Max; Been, Jim - 2024
The consequence of the arrival of children for the gender wage gap - known as the child penalty - is substantial and has been documented for many countries. Little is still known about the impact of having children beyond paid work in the labor market, such as home production. In this paper we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014533848
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Lockdown and Rural Joblessness in India: Gender Inequality in Employment?
Dutta, Nabamita; Kar, Saibal - 2022
India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India, economic shocks are expected to have disparate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013351809
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Can Parents' Right to Work Part-Time Hurt Childbearing-Aged Women? A Natural Experiment with Administrative Data
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel; Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2013
Using a differences-in-differences approach and controlling for individual unobserved heterogeneity, we evaluate the impact of a 1999 law that granted all workers with children younger than 7 years old protection against a layoff if the worker had previously asked for a work-week reduction due...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319419
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Rent sharing as a driver of the glass ceiling effect
Matano, Alessia; Naticchioni, Paolo - 2012
In this paper we show that rent sharing plays a role in explaining the glass ceiling effect. We make use of a unique employer-employee panel database for Italy from 1996 to 2003, which allows controlling for observed individual and firm heterogeneity and for collective bargaining. Moreover, by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289885
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Gender Gaps in PISA Test Scores: The Impact of Social Norms and the Mother's Transmission of Role Attitudes
González de San Román, Ainara; de la Rica, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
The existence of gender gaps in test scores has been documented in the relevant literature for a wide range of countries. In particular, the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) conducted by the OECD over the past ten years reveals that on average female students underperform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646293
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Rent Sharing as a Driver of the Glass Ceiling Effect
Matano, Alessia; Naticchioni, Paolo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper we show that rent sharing plays a role in explaining the glass ceiling effect. We make use of a unique employer-employee panel database for Italy from 1996 to 2003, which allows controlling for observed individual and firm heterogeneity and for collective bargaining. Moreover, by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010721289
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Moving Down: Women’s Part-time Work and Occupational Change in Britain 1991-2001
Gregory, Mary; Connolly, Sara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
The UK’s Equal Opportunities Commission has recently drawn attention to the ‘hidden brain drain’ when women working part-time are employed in occupations below those for which they are qualified. These inferences were based on self-reporting. We give an objective and quantitative analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703683