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educational gap for most subgroups—in particular, the gender gap in rural areas, the ethnic gap among men in both urban and rural … areas, and the ethnic gap among women in urban areas; at the same time, it increases the gender gap in urban areas as well …
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whether such attitudes also lead to gender discrimination in primary education. While there is a vast literature on inter …-household gender discrimination in education, studies of discrimination between siblings is comparatively rare. This paper asks the …
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Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … examination of the effect of educational gender gap was negative on output. The results are found to be robust to a number of …
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growing gap. Most of this sorting is due to the initial choice in which program type to apply to. No gender differences arise …
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. In other words, ethnicity has a direct impact on girls' school enrollment but not on boys'. There exists a gender gap … among ethnic Turkish children as well as ethnic Arabic and Kurdish children. However, the gender gap among ethnic Kurdish …
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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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We use recent German survey data for over three decades to analyze long-run trends in occupational segregation. Segregation declines for both women and foreigners in Germany. However, using different ISCO classifications in given years, segregation tends to be a rather stable phenomenon.
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relations with supervisors and satisfaction with relations with coworkers. Also the connection of gender and level of education …
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A key question in development economics is whether nutritional deficiencies generate intergenerational poverty traps by reducing the earnings potential of children born into poverty. To assess the causal influence on human capital of one of the most widespread micronutrient deficiencies,...
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We provide evidence on a gender bias in risk aversion among students of economics in Spain. In a sample of 1947 …
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