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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify the wage gap between native and immigrant women in Spain, taking … into account differences in their characteristics and the need to control for common support. If immigrant women are … segregated in occupations with few native women, it is important to take this into account to analyse wage differentials between …
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This paper on women in labour unions in India highlights the occupational segregation suffered by women in union … than 8 per cent of the 380 million workforce in India are unionized and women account for a very small fraction of trade … occupations where women are organized, the incidence of union leadership among women varies considerably. On the positive side …
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to quantify the wage gap between native and immigrant women in Spain, taking … into account differences in their characteristics and the need to control for common support. If immigrant women are … segregated in occupations with few native women, it is important to take this into account to analyse wage differentials between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014783456
The purpose of this article is to assess the likely effects of the Single European Market on women′s positions in the …. Because of their lower levels of educational and skill attainment and their unequal opportunities for mobility, women are not …. Only if women are offered opportunities to improve substantially their educational and skill levels and if the necessary …
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine parental career-related behavior (PCB) in relation to the vocational intentions of female nationals enrolled at higher education institutions in the United Arab Emirates. Design/methodology/approach A conceptual framework was constructed to examine...
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This study investigates the magnitude and possible determinants of gaps in the (paid) working hours of male and female heads of households. It utilises the Bauer and Sinning's (2008) general decomposition method to examine the differences in work hours among male and female heads of households...
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homogeneous and contiguous provinces with large numbers of women and rural migrant workers in urban areas – the target groups for … in the more market-driven sectors, in the low-wage sector of retail and wholesale trade and restaurants, and for women …
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Purpose – This paper investigates the employment dynamics of Greek married women. Design … static analytical framework. This is the first study to investigate employment decisions of Greek married women in an inter …
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Purpose – This purpose of this paper is to introduce the special issue on vulnerability and discrimination among women …
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Purpose – A significant trend in the retail sector is women's over-representation in part-time work. Given the …
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