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. The study does not find evidence of other gender differences in the hiring process …
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and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender …The role of employer discrimination in widening labor market differences between men and women has been hypothesized …-based discrimination by employers at the point of screening in Tunisia. The study sent out 1,571 fictitious and substantially identical …
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Gender disparities in small and medium-size enterprise lending exist around the world and impede the growth of millions … of women-led firms. This paper examines a potential driver of these disparities: gender-biased loan officers. Officer … bias is measured through a novel loan application experiment conducted with 77 loan officers in Turkish banks. The analysis …
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. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …-intended policy interventions to address legal gender discrimination in certain domains. The paper concludes with a discussion of the …This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …
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This paper offers for the first time a global picture of gender discrimination by the law as it affects women … Women, Business and the Law database, the paper documents large and persistent gender inequalities, especially with regard …
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reform to promote gender equity and advocacy efforts, offer more promise by bringing about permanent shifts in the relative …
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inputs and affect economic gender inequality in the home. Using data on smallholder farmer couples in Cote d'Ivoire, the …
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This paper contributes to better understanding firms' discriminatory behavior in the presence of gender-based legal … discrimination and its linkages with labor market outcomes for women in a developing country setting. Using data collected through … employer discrimination and limitations in women's autonomy in the presence of a discriminatory environment. Interestingly …
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