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Within the context of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the gender equality in education is considered one of … narrowing down the gender gap in education for the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels. More specifically, and among many … other factors, the study focuses on the response of gender gap in education to economic growth, information communication …
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The paper adapts a static model of television advertising into a dynamic scenario. In its original form, the model consists on a profit maximization problem of a television network working in a competitive environment. The network sells commercial time to advertisers and tries to minimize the...
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gender dimensions within and income earnings in India, the context of gendered participation of female labour supplies in its … traits and labour supply characteristics; aspects of in-market discriminations and gender biases against women in terms of … hiring, promotion, segregation, gender relations and remunerations; and factors influencing women’s work time distribution …
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Gender disparities in education raise many questions for governments and civil societies. There are many factors that … contribute to the gender gap in education. In Eritrea, gender disparities persist in the enrolment rates between boys and girls … at all levels. Gender inequality has become a major issue in Eritrea in the recent years. This paper discusses …
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Developing countries are increasingly concerned about gender dimensions of the impacts of economic reforms initiated … in structure of market employment, gender division of labour remains unequal within household economy. …
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monetary poverty and inequality. Intra-household gender discrimination has been widely shown to shape expenditure decisions … dominated by gender discrimination among household members. Estimates for Chile show a substantial worsening of poverty and …
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This paper reviews the evidence of gender effects of globalization in developing economies. It then outlines a set of … macroeconomic and trade policies to promote gender equity in the distribution of resources. The evidence suggests that while … liberalization has expanded women’s access to employment, the long-term goal of transforming gender inequalities remains unmet and …
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This paper examines the gender distribution of the benefits of economic growth in several Asian economies from 1970 …-90. Using Borda rank ordering, we compare the progress made in these countries towards closing the gender gap in well-being. In … determinants of changes in this ratio, using regression analysis. The results indicate that gender equity in quality …
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the household, have discernible effects on aggregate saving due to differing saving propensities by gender. An analytical … significant effect of gender on aggregate savings. These findings demonstrate the importance of understanding gender relations at …
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Since the UN World Conference on Women in 1995 the discussion on gender has been extremely controverse. This issue of … the Journal on Technology Assessment (from ITAS) presents and discuss the topic of gender research, and the relation …. UN-Weltfrauenkonferenz in Peking 1995 wurde der Begriff gender extrem kontrovers diskutiert. Die Zeitschrift für …
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