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Determinants of gender gaps in youth employment in urban Mozambique
Bischler, Jana; Egger, Eva-Maria; Jasper, Paul; … - 2022
In this study, we explore the correlates of the employment gender gap among urban youth in Mozambique. Young people are confronted with simultaneous decisions about education, work and family life influenced by social norms around gender roles. Using data from a panel of individuals in 2017 and...
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Segregation of women into low-paying occupations in the United States
Gradín, Carlos - 2017
We extend the conventional framework for measuring segregation to consider stratification of occupations by gender, i … indices. Our empirical analysis using this approach shows that the decline over time in occupational gender segregation in the … workers' characteristics, showing that gender differences cannot explain the levels of segregation/stratification in any year …
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Occupational gender segregation in post-apartheid South Africa
Gradín, Carlos - 2018
gender segregation and stratification, with women and men entering occupations previously dominated by the other gender … process. Distinct worker characteristics by gender, such as education, location, or age, cannot explain existing segregation …
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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 employees' outcomes using detailed linked employer-employee data from the formal sector in Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Senegal. Our empirical strategy relies on the inclusion of firm...
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Gender identity and female labour supply in Brazil
Codazzi, Karen; Pero, Valéria; Sant'Anna, André - 2017
Over the last half-century, the role of women in society has changed substantially. However, the gender income gap and the difference in labour force participation persist. Akerlof and Kranton introduce the concept of identity from sociology and social psychology at the economic analysis; based...
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Gender divide in agricultural productivity in Mozambique
Morgado, João; Salvucci, Vincenzo - 2016
In this study we analyze the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Mozambique applying the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition approach on data from four agricultural surveys between 2002 and 2012. We find that female-headed households are on average substantially less productive (about 20 per...
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The gender productivity gap : evidence from the Indian informal sector
Gang, Ira N.; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2021
We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal enterprises in India. Female-owned firms are on average 45 per cent less productive than male-owned firms, with the clearest productivity gaps observed at the lower end of the...
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Cooperation and leadership in a segregated community : evidence from a lab-in-the-field experiment in a South African township
Grieco, Daniela; Braga, Michela; Bripi, Francesco - 2016
The paper presents the results of a lab-in-the-field experiment in three South African townships located in the suburbs of Cape Town. The experimental design consists of a set of decisions on how the members of a naturally occurring group allocate an endowment to a private or to a public...
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Institutionalizing segregation : conditional cash transfers and employment choices
Palacio, María Gabriela - 2016
largely misplaced. By examining broader patterns of institutionalization of occupational gender segregation, the role of cash …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011517300
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Closing the gap : gender and innovation
Barasa, Laura - 2020
Innovation generally takes place in male-dominated industries. A gender gap might therefore exist. This study used data from the 2015 Tanzania Firm-Level Skills Survey to investigate the gender innovation gap between female-owned enterprises and male-owned enterprises. A non-linear...
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