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Using survey data from Central Kenya, I find that the difference in prices received by female compared to male … in the price gap drives a gender difference in the value added by traders. If women had the same characteristics as men … price as men in the top quartile. Amongst suppliers, the price difference between men and women is significantly more …
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commercialization of vegetable trade. This indicates that besides the absence of an average GPG, women are disadvantaged in larger scale … as women are traditionally active in small scale local vegetable trade but not in large scale trade in the survey region …. Also, it is a warning that women might be left behind in an increasingly commercializing market, even though they …
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This paper studies the impact of migrant children on their parents' occupation choice and wage income using a dataset from a household survey conducted in 2011. We find that the heads of migrant households with school-age children earn significantly less than those who left them at their place...
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women's well-being and economic status. The analysis focuses on the impact of proximity to mineral deposits and active mines … on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial … variation in the occurrence of mineral deposits across districts. Results indicate that women's outcomes improve in the vicinity …
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This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is both beneficial and straightforward. An undergraduate course in labor economics presents an ideal opportunity to introduce students to the importance of gender differences in...
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. First, income inequality unconditionally reduces the involvement of women in business and politics. Second, mobile money … innovations interact with income inequality to have a positive impact on women in business and politics. Third, net effects from …
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