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order to incentivize pension savings and increase the fairness of the retirement system. Using administrative tax micro … of contributions). The reform was not effective at mitigating the regressive impact of the retirement system because the … number of individuals contributing to retirement funds increased relatively more for top earners, and it has also exacerbated …
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simultaneously increasing boys' labour input in household chores. This puts into question the existence of gender preferences in … schooling in Lesotho and suggests that impacts on child welfare are influenced by time and labour constraints and by gender …
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gender, age, marital status or even physique) to describe their ideal candidates, to which we will refer as explicit …
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to examine gender in the labour market, with specific reference to the South African Revenue Services (SARS) tax data …, with a focus on the gender dynamics of the labour market. Last, this paper identifies the areas in which the availability … of the SARS data has made new research possible, specifically in the gender dynamics of the South African labour market …
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This paper examines whether the presence of refugees alters the intra-household allocation of tasks across genders in the hosting population. Using panel data (pre- and post-refugee inflow) from Kagera, a rural region of Tanzania, we find that the refugee shock led to women being less likely to...
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Across the world, people in urban rather than rural areas are more likely to support gender equality. To explain this … women performing socially valued, masculine roles. Such exposure incrementally erodes gender ideologies, catalysing a … positive feedback loop, and increasing flexibility in gender divisions of labour. Women in densely populated areas also tend to …
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analysed from a gender perspective. The work is based on a case study about the main Tunisian microfinance institution using …
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Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon, research has mainly focused on excess female...
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In this paper we analyse the impact of foreign aid on gender outcomes and attitudes. We do this by matching geocoded …
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This paper discusses whether the Asian financial crisis affected men and women differently in Indonesia by estimating the effect of district consumption shock during the crisis on changes in men's and women's working status and assets. I found that in rural areas there seems to be no effect of...
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