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We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly …') do not explain gender differences. Our findings suggest early interventions may reduce gender differences in labour …
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One-third of married women are sterilized in India. This is largely due to family planning programs that put a strong emphasis on 'permanent' contraceptive methods rather than temporary ones. However, little is known about potential adverse effects on women's wellbeing. We analyse the...
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In this paper we analyse the impact of foreign aid on gender outcomes and attitudes. We do this by matching geocoded …
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development. In the past half-century, these countries raised agricultural productivity faster than population growth and … displayed sufficient state capability to direct change towards a respectable level of industrial development. In this period …: agriculture, industry, foreign trade and investment, and social development. By using a more socially grounded analytical approach …
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This paper describes the very different role played by female elites in contemporary developing countries, as compared to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more important in business and politics in today's developing...
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Although recent developments greatly increased interest in African land tenure, few models to address these issues at the required scale have been identified or evaluated. Rwanda's nation-wide land tenure regularization programme is of great interest. A discontinuity design with spatial fixed...
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. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all …
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Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon, research has mainly focused on excess female...
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also find no such effect of gender-neutral crimes (such as theft and robbery) on the likelihood of early marriage of girls … the northern region of India, where patriarchal culture and gender norms are stronger than in the southern region. These …
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probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with …
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