This paper examines the importance of property rights in women’s empowerment in rural India. Arguments justifying the … need for granting property rights to women are presented and the distinction is made between legal (formal) and customary … rural women want and in which the property right is only one component, not the only component.  …

gay/straight men and women mirror what would be expected from labor force attachment more so than direct heterosexism … respondent had sex with someone of the same gender in the same year. It does not ask whether the person identifies publicly as …

Purpose Discrimination and hostility in the workplace prevents homosexual workers from performing their core functions …

Diversity Survey, made public in 2004, this paper investigates whether there are evidences for a gender difference in the impact … dimensions of religiosity, namely the importance of religion, the frequency of religious practice with others and individually …, differ for men and women? The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – Using the Canadian Ethnic …

theory is reflected in discrimination of parents against female siblings in different communities in eastern India. Design … parental discrimination between siblings according to their gender are outlined. Findings – It is found that parental … for the entitlements of children according to their gender, and using empirical data, to determine the extent to which the …

theory is reflected in discrimination of parents against female siblings in different communities in eastern India. Design … parental discrimination between siblings according to their gender are outlined. Findings – It is found that parental … for the entitlements of children according to their gender, and using empirical data, to determine the extent to which the …

‐community discrimination and class discrimination overlap. However, in the case of socially deprived categories, the latter accentuates the …There is sufficient empirical evidence to suggest that discrimination, defined as absence of equal opportunities …, exists before the market as well as in the market against certain social categories in India. Inequality in access to sources …

continues to be, a deep interrelationship between religion, business ethics, and economic activity in India. As India is …Purpose – Religion and culture can influence ethical behavior in business. It is suggested that there has been and … opposed to Greco – Roman business ethics, as the foundation of business culture in India. This paper further elaborates on the …

paper is to employ data on India for an extended time period to understand whether religious diversity affects bank credit … studies for India to carefully examine the interface between religious diversity and bank behaviour.  … unobserved characteristics that might affect the dependent variable. Findings The analysis indicates that religious diversity …