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typically protect against shocks in the male sphere of economic activity. Often overlooked are women, the particularities of … that it directly addresses women's risk and is sold in units that are commensurate with women's expenditure … Kenya. Twenty-four percent of previously subsidized households that received the novel contractual formulation purchased …
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sector and address high levels of unemployment, particularly among women and the youth. This paper explores how one such … doubled the share of women in treated firms. Importantly, we find that these short-term effects persisted for at least three …
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family policies on women's careers and children's wellbeing. There is to date little or no evidence of beneficial effects of …
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We study a unique grading policy at a large US public university allowing students to mask their letter grades into a "Pass", after having observed their original grade. Using administrative transcript records, we find that female students are substantially less likely to mask their grades than...
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Almost one third of women worldwide report some form of physical or sexual violence by a partner in their lifetime, yet …
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We study the role of marriage for women's intergenerational mobility during the Ming-Qing (1368-1911) period. Using …
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