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Breaking the metal ceiling : female entrepreneurs who succeed in male-dominated sectors
Campos, Francisco; Goldstein, Markus P.; McGorman, Laura; … - 2017
Occupational segregation significantly contributes to the earnings gender gap worldwide. We look at differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776599
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Gender inequality, female leadership, and aid allocation : a panel analysis of aid for education
Kleemann, Linda; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Thiele, Rainer - 2014
The aid allocation literature has neglected gender-specific needs for aid. We assess the hypothesis that gender … gender differences in the allocation behaviour. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229174
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Female managers and firm performance : evidence from the Caribbean countries
Martínez-Zarzoso, Inmaculada; Lo Bue, Maria C. - 2021
when comparing firms and management teams with similar characteristics. Moreover, having some gender diversity in the … managers in the Caribbean region. We use survey data with detailed information on gender for firms in 13 Caribbean countries … allow us to ascertain whether there is a gender gap in labour productivity in these countries and the extent to which the …
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Female leaders and gender gaps within the firm : evidence from three sub-Saharan African countries
La Mattina, Giulia; Picone, Gabriel A.; Ahoure, Alban; … - 2017
We study the association between the gender of the highest-ranking manager (the CEO) and gender differences in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011627151
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Why do women co-operate more in women's groups?
Fearon, James D.; Humphreys, Macartan - 2017
-scale development project when playing with other women than in mixed-gender groups, where they contributed at about the same levels as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776566
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Supporting women entrepreneurs in Tunisia
Drine, Imed; Grach, Mouna - 2010
measures specifically designed for women entrepreneurs. -- entrepreneurship ; gender ; women entrepreneurs ; Africa …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008663042
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Rekindling governments from within : getting public sector elite officials to support government reform in Brazil
Pinhanez, Monica - 2010
This paper shows how an elite cadre of public sector officials played a key role in the success of administrative reforms in Brazil's state tax administration bureaus in the 1990s. The success of the reforms strengthened public sector bureaucracies and institutions at all government levels,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697391
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How do governments become great? : ten cases, two competing explanations, one large research agenda
Andrews, Matt - 2013
Governments can play great roles in their countries, regions, and cities; facilitating or leading the resolution of festering problems and opening new pathways for progress. Examples are more numerous than one might imagine and raise an important question: 'how do governments become great?'....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010128322
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Political economy and governance
Dietsche, Evelyn - 2017
This paper reviews the political economy of extractive resources and the associated resources sector governance agenda. The consensus that good sector governance improves the developmental impacts of extractive resources exploitation is premised on the understanding that institutions matter for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595705
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What can experiments tell us about how to improve governance?
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Niño-Zarazúa, Miguel - 2013
In recent years, randomized controlled trials have become increasingly popular in the social sciences. In development economics in particular, their use has attracted considerable debate in relation to the identification of 'what works' in development policy. This paper focuses on a core topic...
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