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Crossovers : Female Entrepreneurs Who Enter Male Sectors: Evidence from Ethiopia

Alibhai, Salman - 2017

Occupational sector selection is an important determinant of returns for female entrepreneurs. If sectors that are traditionally male owned could provide an opportunity to earn higher returns, then what factors could encourage women to cross over into these sectors or prevent them from doing so?...

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Reducing Crime and Violence : Experimental Evidence on Adult Noncognitive Investments in Liberia

Blattman, Christopher - 2016

skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half …

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Absent Laws and Missing Women : Can Domestic Violence Legislation Reduce Female Mortality?

Amin, Mohammad - 2016

the relationship between the presence of domestic violence legislation and women-to-men adult mortality rates. Using panel … lower women-to-men adult mortality rates. According to conservative estimations, domestic violence legislation would have … women-to-men adult mortality rates is robust to several checks and also confirmed using the instrumental variables approach …

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Effect of armed conflict on intimate partner violence : evidence from the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria

Ekhator-Mobayode, Uche Eseosa; Hanmer, Lucia C.; … - 2020

Intimate partner violence is the most common form of violence against women in conflict and non-conflict settings, but in conflict settings it often receives less attention than other forms of gender-based violence, such as conflict-related sexual violence. Using data from the 2008 and 2013...

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The Fallout of War : The Regional Consequences of the Conflict in Syria

The World Bank - 2020

The people of the Mashreq have seen more than their share of deaths, economic losses, and instability over the past decade. As the decade-long conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic created new challenges and worsened the existing ones, economic activity declined, labor markets deteriorated, and...

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Technical Poverty Estimation Report : Myanmar Poverty and Living Conditions Survey

Myanmar Ministry of Planning and Finance - 2017

A joint analysis of poverty and living standards was conducted by a technical team from the Ministry of Planning and Finance, Government of Myanmar, and the Poverty and Equity Global Practice of the World Bank. Poverty has previously been estimated using data from the Integrated Household Living...

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Afghanistan's Displaced People : A Socio-Economic Profile, 2013-2014

Yde-Jensen, Thea - 2018

Afghans represent the world's largest protracted refugee population, and one of the largest populations to be repatriated to their country of origin in this century. Between 2002 and 2016, over six million refugees returned to Afghanistan from neighboring countries. In 2016 alone, returnees...

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Enterprise Surveys : Guatemala Country Profile 2017

World Bank Group - 2017

The Enterprise Surveys (ES) focus on many aspects of the business environment. These factors can be accommodating or constraining for firms and play an important role in whether an economy's private sector will thrive or not. An accommodating business environment is one that encourages firms to...

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