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Social attitudes toward women vary significantly across societies. This chapter reviews recent empirical research on various historical determinants of contemporary differences in gender roles and gender gaps across societies, and how these differences are transmitted from parents to children...
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-related dissertations and bring gender-related topics into a wide range of fields within economics. Men in economics have also substantially …
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Several recent studies have found that earnings inequality in Canada has grown considerably since the late 1970's. Using an extraordinary data base drawn from longitudinal income tax records, we decompose this growth in earnings inequality into its persistent and transitory components. We find...
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We examine trends in self-employment among white and black men from 1910 to 1990 using Census and CPS microdata. Self …-employment rates fell over most of the century and then started to rise after 1970. For white men, we find that the decline was due to …-employment. For black men, we find that the self-employment rate remained at a level of roughly one-third the white rate from 1910 to …
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One strand of the literature in labor economics, household finance, and macroeconomics has studied whether individual earnings volatility has risen or fallen in the U.S. over the last several decades. There are disagreements in the empirical literature on this question, with some suggestions...
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follow 999 high-risk men in Liberia 10 years after randomization into either: 8 weeks of a therapy; a $200 grant; both; or a … greatest among the highest-risk men. The effects of therapy alone, however, are smaller and more fragile. The effects of …
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The labor force participation rate of older men under age 65 has shown a significant recent decline. Cross … longitudinal data for men aged 58-62 in 1969 in order to trace changes in labor force behavior near retirement age. Results …
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Numerous studies have found that married men earn consider-ably more than single men of the same education, experience …. Alternatively, one of the benefits of marriage is specialization in the labor force; married men spend more hours in the labor force …
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male population. Within individuals, inflation expectations and perceptions are autocorrelated only for men above the … median by IQ (high-IQ men). High-IQ men's forecast revisions are consistent with the diagnostic-expectations framework …, whereas anything goes for low-IQ men. Education levels, income, socioeconomic status, or financial constraints do not explain …
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Using a 40-year panel of all public school teachers and principals in New York State, we explore how female principals affect rates of teacher turnover--an important determinant of school quality. We find that male teachers are about 12% more likely to leave their schools when they work under...
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