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suggestion from the combined National Sample Survey and Palanpur data is of a slow process of non-farm diversification, whose … diversification could thus yield significant returns in terms of declining poverty and increased income mobility. The evidence from … diversification away from the farm. A growing literature argues that such a rise in inequality could affect the fabric of village …
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The paper develops a new theory of group discrimination in which the discrimination in favor or against certain groups … complementarity between doing different tasks. The theory helps us understand discrimination in free markets and the .finding of some … constant. The model gives insight into the relation between group size, discrimination, and productivity …
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Negative attitudes toward groups in society are widespread and underpin systematic processes of social exclusion that marginalize people and deny them opportunities and dignity. This paper looks at the processes underlying social exclusion. It uses data covering Eastern Europe and Central Asia...
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Discrimination against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people is widespread, and LGBTI … is a development challenge; not only because discrimination is inherently unjust, but also because ?there are substantial … programs. This study documents, for the first time, discrimination against LGBTI people in access to education and housing in …
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. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …-intended policy interventions to address legal gender discrimination in certain domains. The paper concludes with a discussion of the …
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This paper studies the impact of gender and ethnicity on educational outcomes using cross-country evidence from Bolivia, Mexico, Peru, Senegal, and Sierra Leone. It uses the Minnesota Population Center's Integrated Public Use Microdata Series-International database, which includes...
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years to test for the impact of legal reforms on employment, health, and education outcomes for women and girls. The … equality or non-discrimination as a guiding principle of the country's constitution. In the initial period, 75 countries had … the labor force, greater movement out of agricultural employment, higher rates of women in wage employment, lower …
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own assets, to sign legal documents in one's own name, and to have equality or non-discrimination as a guiding principle … international conventions, such as the Committee to Eliminate All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), women's political …
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statistical discrimination, and externalities from social networks). This essay discusses four additional mechanisms that bounded … rationality can explain: (i) implicit discrimination, (ii) self-stereotyping and self-censorship, (iii) ?fast thinking? adapted to …
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Digital technologies have permeated modern life, and their impact on creative work has been revolutionary. This revolution, as widely noted, has disrupted the making, distribution, and consumption of creative output. On the downside, key concerns include Internet-induced piracy and inequality....
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