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Hours of work and gender identity : does part-time work make the family happier?
Booth, Alison L.; Ours, Jan C. van - 2006
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Hours of work and gender identity : does part-time work make the family happier?
Booth, Alison L.; Ours, Jan C. van - In: Economica 76 (2009), pp. 176-196
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Hours of work and gender identity : does part-time work make the family happier?
Booth, Alison L. (contributor); Ours, Jan C. van (contributor) - 2005
Taking into account inter-dependence within the family, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and … is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of … Akerlof and Kranton (2000). -- part-time work ; happiness ; gender identity …
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Hours of work and gender identity: does part-time work make the family happier?
Booth, Alison L. (contributor); Ours, Jan C. van (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003273688
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Hours of work and gender identity : does part-time work make the family happier? ; Overcrowding and indigenous health in Australia
Booth, Alison L. (contributor); Ours, Jan C. van (contributor) - 2005
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003227317
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Hours of Work and Gender Identity : Does Part-Time Work Make the Family Happier?
van Ours, Jan C. - 2006
Taking into account inter-dependence within the family, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and … is increased if they themselves are working full-time. This finding is consistent with the gender identity hypothesis of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783390
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A long-run view of the university gender gap in Australia
Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - 2010
The first Australian universities were established in the 1850s, well before the introduction of compulsory schooling. However it was not until the twentieth century that growing industrialisation, technological change and the development of the so-called 'knowledge industries' fed into an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269874
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Back-to-front down-under? Part-time/full-time wage differentials in Australia
Booth, Alison L.; Wood, Margi - 2006
In 2003, part-time employment in Australia accounted for over 42% of the Australian female workforce, nearly 17% of the male workforce, and represented 28% of total employment. Of the OECD countries, only the Netherlands has a higher proportion of working women employed part-time and Australia...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271872
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Cognitive skills, gender and risk preferences
Booth, Alison L.; Katic, Pamela - 2012
affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university … IQ measures to proxy cognitive skills. However we do find that gender matters. While young women are significantly more … between the impact of gender on risk attitudes and the hypothetical lottery investment suggests that impatience and framing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289842
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Do employers discriminate by gender? : a field experiment in female-dominated occupations
Booth, Alison L.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely … ; field experiments ; employment ; gender …
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