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Women, schooling, and marriage in rural Philippines

DeSilva, Sanjaya; Mohammed Mehrab Bin Bakhtiar - 2011

educational homogamy in the marriage market and cross-productivity effects in the household allow Filipino women to reap … schooling for women is approximately 20 percent in both labor and marriage markets. In comparison, men experience a 12 percent …. -- Returns to Education ; Gender ; Marriage ; Philippines …

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The macroeconomic loss due to violence against women and girls : the case of Ghana

Raghavendra, Srinivas; Kim, Kijong; Ashe, Sinead; … - 2019

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a widely recognized human rights violation with serious consequences for the … from the circular flow of the economy. The analysis also shows that the loss due to violence is not just a one-off leakage …

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Gender, socioeconomic status, and time use of married and cohabiting parents during the Great Recession

Kongar, Ebru; Price, Mark - 2017

Using data from the 2003-14 American Time Use Survey (ATUS), this paper examines the relationship between the state unemployment rate and the time that opposite-sex couples with children spend on childcare activities, and how this varies by the socioeconomic status (SES), race, and ethnicity of...

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Gendered aspects of globalization

Sen, Sunanda - 2010

We need to go beyond the accepted notions relating to the role of women in the economy and society, especially in terms of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as "work" done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the man as the breadwinner and the woman in the role of...

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