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(english) Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in … increased women’s role in household survival strategies, but their participation does not have the same sociological meaning in … Dakar as it does in Lomé. When women in Dakar take part in an economic activity outside the domestic sphere this clashes …
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young women's employment. Specifically, the following questions were addressed, in the context of Kerala: Which young women … determinant of employment, and to what degree does this relationship differ for married and single women? Data for this study come … from a 1997 survey of 530 women aged 18 to 35 in Trivandrum district of Kerala. The analysis provides strong evidence for a …
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Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenonmenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of South Asia is sparse. The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan. Several interpretations for dowry are distinguished using a simple theoretical framework and...
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Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an … economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women … does in Lomé. When women in Dakar take part in an economic activity outside the domestic sphere this clashes with the …
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management in the today's increasingly complex and competitive global workplace for companies and organisations. Our conceptual … and career prospect between men and women, and organizations or companies successes as well, on the other hand. …
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Societies are characterized by customs governing the allocation of non-market goods such as marital partnerships. We explore how such customs affect the educational investment decisions of young singles and the subsequent joint labor supply decisions of partnered couples. We consider two...
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This paper explores the importance of the home and school environments in explaining the gender gap in disruptive behavior. We document large differences in the gender gap across key features of the home environment -- boys do especially poorly in broken families. In contrast, we find little...
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Societies are characterized by customs governing the allocation of non-market goods such as marital partnerships. We explore how such customs affect the educational investment decisions of young singles and the subsequent joint labor supply decisions of partnered couples. We consider two...
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