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Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices : are there gender differences in Ghana?
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla; Turkson, Festus Ebo; … - 2021
that of fathers. In terms of gender differences, there is the evidence of a dependency burden in the occupational choice of …
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Affirmative action around the world : insights from a new dataset
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Schotte, Simone; Kim, Min J. - 2023
Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy approach for addressing group-based inequalities along ethnic, religious, and racial lines (e.g. horizontal inequalities). It is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250060
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Affirmative action around the world : insights from a new dataset (update)
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Kim, Min J.; Schotte, Simone; … - 2024
Affirmative action, or positive discrimination favouring the members of marginalized populations, is a key policy approach to addressing group-based inequalities. It is adopted in dozens of countries around the world in the areas of, for instance, university enrolment, public employment, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014635280
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Horizontal inequality, status optimization, and interethnic marriage in a conflict-affected society
McDoom, Omar - 2016
Although several theories of interethnic conflict emphasize ties across group boundaries as conducive to ethnic coexistence, little is known about how such ties are formed. Given their integrative potential, I examine the establishment of cross-ethnic marital ties in a deeply divided society and...
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Empowering youth : the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy in Ecuador
Aguirre, Kamila; Carrión-Yaguana, Vanessa D. - 2023
This paper analyses the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy rates in Ecuador, specifically examining its implementation in schools. The inclusion of sex education as a mandatory cross-cutting theme in the updated and strengthened educational curriculum of 2010 provides a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014336373
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Inclusion amid ethnic inequality : insights from Brazil's social protection system
Sugiyama, Natasha Borges - 2022
poverty and wellbeing. This framing is reflective of Brazil's national narrative on race relations and the idea that class and …-poverty conditional cash transfer programme, Bolsa Família (2003-21), is emblematic of the country's universal and 'race-blind' approach …
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Children and the youth in rural Viet Nam
Narciso, Gaia; Newman, Carol - 2015
Structural transformation in rural Viet Nam has led to rising incomes and a diversification of livelihoods away from agriculture. Using panel data on children in 2,181 rural households surveyed over the 2008-14 period, we examine how the welfare of children has been impacted by structural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011342302
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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in offfarm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries
Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslıhan; Zucchini, Emanuele - 2021
Gender gaps in labour force participation in developing countries persist despite income growth or structural change …. We assess this persistence across economic geographies within countries, focusing on youth employment in off-farm wage … across the rural-urban gradient. The gender gap increases with connectivity from rural to peri-urban areas, and disappears in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012416538
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Occupational segregation by race in South Africa after apartheid
Gradín, Carlos - 2017
sustained or significant desegregation. Occupations remain highly segmented by race, with blacks disproportionally holding low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011628231
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Local transformation in rural Vietnam : a commune level analysis
Beck, Ulrik - 2015
This study documents the local transformation of rural Vietnamese communes in 12 different provinces from 2006 to 2014. Three key areas are considered, namely occupational and agricultural choice; provision of public goods and infrastructure as well as land markets. While many areas showed great...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011317153