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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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Social engineering refers to deliberate attempts, often under the form of legislative moves, to promote changes in customs and norms that hurt the interests of marginalized population groups. This paper explores the analytical conditions under which social engineering is more or less likely to...
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I investigate the relationship between children's endowment and parental investment using a rich dataset on a cohort of children from Ethiopia, who were surveyed at ages eight, twelve and fifteen. Children's endowment is measured by scores on tests of cognitive skills/ability. A child's...
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. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all …
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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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wellbeing', and 'gender equality' by 2030. It is thus important to investigate son preference to inform policy-makers of the … policy analysis and result in unintended consequences. Existing measures including sex ratios and gender composition of … preference on fertility behaviour in Pakistan, accurate measurement of the forms this gender bias can take is necessary to …
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In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are … confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around gender roles … education, employment, fertility, social life, gender norms and more, we observe an increase of 10 percentage points in the raw …
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child penalty and the prevailing gender norms and family policies in the region. We find that motherhood reduces women … more conservative gender norms and less generous family policies are associated with larger differences between mothers …
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