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in conflict settings it often receives less attention than other forms of gender-based violence, such as conflict …
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exacerbating the wide gender inequities in Myanmar. From food security, shortages in finances and the burden of caretaking … enduring Coronavirus (COVID-19) disproportionately worse than men, both in household and firm settings and they take on the …
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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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skills and preferences reduce crime and violence. The authors recruited criminally-engaged Liberian men and randomized half …
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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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unjust social exclusion of, for example, a race, gender, caste, or class. Since the representation is a social construction … contributed to the abandonment of the practice; (2) political reservations for women and low castes in India improved the way men …
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individuals' work activities. The problem is further complicated by the presence of widespread gender stratification of work and …
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increase agricultural trade. Yet only households headed by men capitalize on these opportunities, experiencing an increase in …
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) entail sufficient time commitment. Importantly, these conditions are not binding constraints for men to identify their own …
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What are the costs to women of harassment on public transit? This study randomizes the price of a women-reserved "safe space" in Rio de Janeiro and crowdsource information on 22,000 rides. Women in the public space experience harassment once a week. A fifth of riders are willing to forgo 20...
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