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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
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The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller labor markets have a higher risk of working in jobs for which they are overqualified. This stems from the problem of dual job search for couples which is much more difficult to...
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from education to labor market in Italy, and the way in which gender differences emerge early in the labor market career …
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This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …
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Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …
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Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …
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We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes … program is associated with better educational outcomes of their children. Father's participation in the NREGS, on the other … hand, has a negative effect on children's education. Further, the estimated impact of mother's program participation is …
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constraints causing the large gender gap in Turkish education and the covariates related to lower overall educational levels may …
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developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio …) controlling for various child and family characteristics. The findings indicate that, among boys, obesity is a significant risk … the correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that the correlation …
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This paper estimates and interprets returns to education for three sub-sectors of labour market by gender in Pakistan … from the basic Mincer model; generally poor quality primary schooling and family unwillingness to invest in female …
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