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preferences, gender and personality. We also elicit self-reported measures of work effort, stress and exhaustion. Our main … into tournaments. Sixth, variable pay schemes attract men more than women, a difference that is partly explained by gender … different abilities, preferences, self-assessments, gender and personalities. …
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relations with supervisors and satisfaction with relations with coworkers. Also the connection of gender and level of education …
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relations with supervisors and satisfaction with relations with co-workers. Also the connection of gender and level of education …
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Adolescent fertility in low- and middle-income countries presents a severe impediment to development and can lead to … donors should adopt a rights-based approach to adolescent fertility and shift their focus from the proximate to distal causes … of pregnancy, including human rights abuses, gender inequality, child marriage, and socioeconomic marginalization …
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This paper analyzes the effect the gender of local policymakers on policy outcomes. Analyzing a rich dataset from …
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development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …Data from two surveys of twins in China are used to contribute to an improved understanding of the role of economic …
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Although economists acknowledge that various indicators of educational attainment (e.g., highest grade completed, credentials earned) might serve as signals of a worker’s productivity, the practical importance of education-based signaling is not clear. In this paper we estimate the signaling...
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Although economists acknowledge that various indicators of educational attainment (e.g., highest grade completed, credentials earned) might serve as signals of a worker’s productivity, the practical importance of education-based signaling is not clear. In this paper we estimate the signaling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150159
, completed fertility and mid-career earnings. We find an overall increasing inequality in career and family outcomes of men …Earnings in mid-career and children are two fundamental outcomes of the life-choices of men and women. Both require …, reflecting a rise in the family-career complementarity. For women, the family-career trade-off has eased for non …
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participation and fertility, mainly because of national policies aimed at balancing work and family life. In Italy, by contrast …, fertility has remained relatively stable (after a period of significant decline) while increases in female participation rates …
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