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A Simple Complementary Development Mechanics for African Countries
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
with development of human capital through schooling. Educated individuals are interested in dialogue and conversation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114250
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No Rest for the Weary: Commuting, Hours Worked, and Sleep
Bishop, James - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper is the first to combine data from large nationwide surveys to investigate how commuting and work hours affect sleep. I estimate that 11-21\% of the marginal unit of time spent working and 22-30\% of the marginal unit of time spent commuting replace sleep. Controlling for these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011170134
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Data appendix for economic growth in the long run
Tamura, Robert; Dwyer, Gerald P; Devereux, John; Baier, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This extended data appendix describes the sources and methods used to construct the data used in our paper "Economic Growth in the Long Run."
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114018
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Subsidy to Promote Girls' Secondary Education: The Female Stipend Program in Bangladesh
Khandker, Shahidur; Pitt, Mark; Fuwa, Nobuhiko - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2003
the schooling of boys. The analysis performed with an annual panel of school-level data also finds a significant effect of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008534279
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Minority ethnic women in the Australian labour market.
Syed, Jawad; Ali, Faiza - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Despite its predominant focus on gender equity, the present managing diversity discourse in Australia generally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620004
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Observations through gendered lenses: experiences of managerial women
Murray, Peter A.; Syed, Jawad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
appropriately capture the essence of gender struggles and inequality over the three stages of the study: early (1995 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005620026
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Executive women at work
Murray, Peter A.; Parr, Nick; Syed, Jawad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
might address the more salient gender issues. Our findings suggest that while some common ‘old’ perceptions related to women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005621255
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Women in Development – Dissecting the Discourse
Vijayamohanan, Pillai N.; Asalatha, B. P.; Ponnuswamy, B. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
‘threatening’ planning for Women in Development (WID) to the more ‘confrontational’ gender planning with its aspiring goal of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622014
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Evaluating CCTs from A Gender Perspective: the Impact of Chile Solidario on Women’s Employment Prospect
Scarlato, Margherita; d'Agostino, Giorgio; Capparucci, … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper examines the effects of Chile Solidario programme on labour market outcomes from a gender perspective. Chile … to provide poor families with auxiliary social services, including support for employment. We compare the gender impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110874
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Culture and the Gender Gap in Competitive Inclination: Evidence from the Communist Experiment in China
Zhang, Y. Jane - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
minorities. Using an economic experiment, this study compares the gender gap in competitive inclination across three ethnic … groups in one county. The Han Chinese have no statistically significant gender gap while the patrilineal Yi women are … hypothesis that institutional changes can narrow the gender gap in competitive inclination. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113959