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Does social capital build women's assets? The long-term impacts of group-based and individual dissemination of agricultural technology in Bangladesh
Quisumbing, Agnes; Kumar, Neha - In: Journal of Development Effectiveness 3 (2011) 2, pp. 220-242
This paper investigates the long-term impact of agricultural technologies, disseminated using different implementation modalities on men's and women's asset accumulation in rural Bangladesh. Panel data spanning a 10-year period are used to examine the effects of the adoption of new vegetable...
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Gender diversity in teams
Azmat, Ghazala - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
legal mandates. Data on team dynamics and gender differences in preferences (risk-taking behavior, taste for competition …, prosocial behavior) show how gender composition influences group decision-making and subsequent performance through channels …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010764634
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Gender and the labour market: evidence from experiments
Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2014
Lab experiments are an increasingly valuable tool for understanding differences in how men and women are treated in the labour market. Dr Ghazala Azmat and Professor Barbara Petrongolo explore what has been learned about the extent to which differences in men and women's pay and employment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010765692
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Beyond “Death Do Us Part”: The Long-Term Implications of Divorce Perceptions on Women’s Well-Being and Child Schooling in Rural Ethiopia
Kumar, Neha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - In: World Development 40 (2012) 12, pp. 2478-2489
This paper examines how women’s perception of the division of household assets upon divorce affects women’s well-being and child schooling outcomes in rural Ethiopia. Findings suggest that women who perceive that their husband would get all the assets in case of a divorce also tend to...
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Policy Reform toward Gender Equality in Ethiopia: Little by Little the Egg Begins to Walk
Kumar, Neha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - In: World Development 67 (2015) C, pp. 406-423
promoting gender equality and empowering women. We use data from the Ethiopian Rural Household Survey (ERHS) to show how two … in 2000—may have created conditions that reinforce each other in improving gender equity. Our findings suggest that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011117379
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Gender and the labor market: what have we learned from field and lab experiments?
Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: to gain less from negotiation, women appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126362
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Gender and the Labor Market: What Have We Learned from Field and Lab Experiments?
Azmat, Ghazala; Petrongolo, Barbara - School of Economics and Finance, Queen Mary - 2014
unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011099066
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Policy reform toward gender equality in Ethiopia: Little by little the egg begins to walk
Kumar, Neha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
There is growing interest in the role of policy reforms to promote gender equality and empower women, two key … to be consistent, so that they reinforce each other in improving gender equity. We use data from the Ethiopian Rural …, and changes in the Family Code implemented in 2000—may have created conditions for mutually reinforcing gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132619
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Land rights knowledge and conservation in rural Ethiopia: Mind the gender gap:
Quisumbing, Agnes R.; Kumar, Neha - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2014
transfer rights, and rights related to gender equity and inheritance) has an impact on these investments. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132637
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Policy reform toward gender equality in Ethiopia: Little by little the egg begins to walk
Kumar, Neha; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2012
There is growing interest in the role of policy reforms to promote gender equality and empower women, two key … to be consistent, so that they reinforce each other in improving gender equity. We use data from the Ethiopian Rural …, and changes in the Family Code implemented in 2000—may have created conditions for mutually reinforcing gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011132728