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We study the effect of exposure to colonial public primary education on contemporary education outcomes in Tunisia. We assemble a new data set on the location of schools with the number of pupils by origin, along with population data during the French protectorate (1881-1956). We match those...
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Mozambique. Gender roles, shaped by patriarchal norms, place heavy work obligations on women. Time-use data from a primary …
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the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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, and unpaid work, on the other, well-designed employment guarantee policies can promote job creation, gender equality, and …
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Gender differences have long been documented in earnings, employment opportunities, and time spent within the unpaid … care economy. This paper joins the recent efforts in the economics literature on gender differences in asset ownership …. Specifically, it investigates whether a gender-specific composition in asset ownership between heads of households and spouses can …
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Widespread economic recessions and protracted financial crises have been documented as setting back gender equality and … the strict boundaries of the market. The paper also makes this point: examined through the prism of gender equality, the … international levels end up aggravating inequities, gender equality processes face many more barriers, especially among the poor. …
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, Germany, France, and Sweden) that represent the principal types of welfare and gender regimes, we propose ways of … and gender regimes that exist in these countries, in ways that correspond to the lived reality of people's daily lives. …
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in yields among households along gender lines, although women appear to specialize in food crops. Finally, households …
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gender differences? In other words, should the state be gender-blind or gender-sensitive? Gender, ethnic, religious, sexual … understanding of gender-based asymmetries. …
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