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of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as work done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the … also need to go beyond standard models to interpret the intrahousehold gender inequities. We do not gain much insight from … unequal power relations that influence the sexual division of labor, both within the family and in the workplace. A notion of …
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issues. Our analysis shows that even though the gender wage gap is shrinking, discrimination is not. …
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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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, 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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This paper considers public employment guarantee programs in the context of South Africa as a means to address the nexus of poverty, unemployment, and unpaid work burdensall factors exacerbated by HIV/AIDS. It further discusses the need for genderinformed public job creation in areas that...
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revealed the presence of gender asymmetries stemming from men having experienced disproportionately high job losses. In this … role in explaining the gender differences in unpaid work time changes. In turn, varied shifts in the household structure …
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An important line of recent literature has found gender differences in attitudes toward competition, with men being …. This paper examines the effect of information on the gender gap in tournament entry. We present experimental evidence that … gender gap in tournament entry. …
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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 …
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The increased demand for a more equal parental sharing of the responsibilities for children has led many countries to reconstruct their parental leave systems so to provide stronger incentives for fathers to participate in childcare. Father's quotas are becoming widely spread across Europe. This...
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Using population wide register data, I exploit the "speed premium" rule in the Swedish parental leave system to estimate the causal effect of a change in the level of benefits per day on the utilization of parental leave. The results show that a 1% (5 SEK ≈ $0.54) increase in the mother's...
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