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Childcare and maternal employment : evidence from Vietnam

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hiraga, Masako; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2019

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Promoting early childhood development through combining cash transfers and parenting programs

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Intervening at home and then at school : a randomized evaluation of two approaches to improve early educational outcomes in Tonga

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Discriminatory laws against women : a survey of the literature

Roy, Sanchari - 2019

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women's outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant...

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