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We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger …
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We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011790812
We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012922642
In a recent article, "Reexamining the influence of conditional cash transfers on migration from a gendered lens," Hughes (2019) claimed that conditional cash transfers, CCT, limit the likelihood of migration by women, compensating them for giving up an attractive migration option. I question the...
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In a recent article, "Reexamining the influence of conditional cash transfers on migration from a gendered lens," Hughes (2019) claimed that conditional cash transfers, CCT, limit the likelihood of migration by women, compensating them for giving up an attractive migration option. I question the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013249121
We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals' formation of … gender-specific quotas. In the absence of quotas, women consider their chances of getting top positions to be lower than men …. Gender quotas discourage men who are less efficient in forming human capital, and encourage women who are more efficient in …
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We study the impact of gender quotas on the acquisition of human capital. We assume that individuals’ formation of … gender-specific quotas. In the absence of quotas, women consider their chances of getting top positions to be lower than menś …. Gender quotas discourage men who are less efficient in forming human capital, and encourage women who are more efficient in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010353585
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A rationale for providing support to the farm sector in the course of economic development and structural change is a …
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In this paper I present a new approach to rural-to-urban migration in developing countries. This approach sheds new light on the role of urban-to-rural remittances in bringing about technological change in the agricultural sector of these countries. At the core of the new approach is a utility...
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