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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 …
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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 men …. 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/10010350520
We weave together care-giving, gender, and migration. We hypothesize that daughters who are mothers have a stronger …
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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...
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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/10011814121
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
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/10012430651
We relate an observed difference between single men (SM) and single women (SW) in attitudes towards risk to the higher value assigned to social status by SM than by SW. In the marriage market, low status carries a harsher penalty for SM than for SW because when selecting a partner, the social...
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We relate an observed difference between single men (SM) and single women (SW) in attitudes towards risk to the higher value assigned to social status by SM than by SW. In the marriage market, low status carries a harsher penalty for SM than for SW because when selecting a partner, the social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011383356