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Gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students: Evidence from Sweden
Lindahl, Erica - 2007
This study investigates the importance of gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students for school … performance in Swedish, English and Mathematics. School leaving certificates assigned by the teacher is compared with results on … likely to obtain better test scores in Mathematics, when the share of teachers of the same gender as the student increases …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317909
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Comparing teachers' assessments and national test results: Evidence from Sweden
Lindahl, Erica - 2007
of grade 9 students (16 years old). I examine whether there are systematic differences correlated with gender and ethnic … background. That is, if the relationship between school leaving certificates and national test results differs between girls and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317940
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Does it matter how happiness is measured? Evidence from a randomized controlled experiment
Studer, Raphael - 2011
widely reported gender happiness inequality puzzle can be explained. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010316886
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The gender gap in workplace authority in Sweden 1968 - 2000: A family affair?
Bygren, Magnus; Gähler, Michael - 2007
We assess whether the gender gap in authority in Sweden has changed during the period 1968–2000, and investigate to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317967
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The determinants and consequences of unemployed workers' wage demands
Eriksson, Stefan; Lagerström, Jonas - 2010
This paper studies the determinants and labor market consequences of unemployed workers' wage demands using direct data on the workers' actual wage requests. Our results show that most workers want a wage close to what they earned in their previous jobs, and thus much more than they get in...
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Do Austrian Men and Women Become more Equal? At Least in Terms of Labor Supply!
Wernhart, Georg; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2008
We study the development of wage elasticity of labor supply for Austrian men and women over time using comparable and representative survey data for the 1980s and 1990s. The elasticity of men is relatively low and constant over time, similar to the behavior of single women. Most remarkable is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294912
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Unemployment and Subsequent Wages: Does Gender Matter?
Wiklund, Fredrik - 1999
Are there any differences in how men and women fare from unemployment in terms of the wages they receive on a new job? This paper addresses that question using the 1991 wave of the Level of Living Survey. The results suggest that men who experience unemployment will suffer a reduction of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321796
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Male vs. female guest-worker migration: Does it matter for fertility in the source country?
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2011
Men's additional income from their guest-worker employment generates a pure income effect, which increases fertility. The timing of women's higher-wage employment relative to child bearing is crucial for its effect on fertility. If women work abroad during the same time period when they can bear...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010335987
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Deciding to decide: gender, leadership and risk-taking in groups
Ertac, Seda; Gurdal, Mehmet Yigit - 2010
Being the leader in a group often involves making risky decisions that affect the payoffs of all members, and the decision to take this responsibility in a group is endogenous in many contexts. In this paper, we experimentally study: (1) the willingness of men and women to make risky decisions...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274088
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Gender segregation in the workplace and wage gaps: Evidence from urban Mexico 1994 - 2004
Calónico, Sebastián; Ñopo, Hugo - 2008
This paper analyzes the evolution of gender segregation in the workplace in Mexico between 1994 and 2004, using a … matching comparisons technique to explore the role of individual and family characteristics in determining gender segregation … gender wage gaps by 5 percentage points, while the elimination of occupational segregation would have increased gender wage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278216