Showing 1 - 10 of 3,820
Virtue is modeled as an asset that women can use in the marriage market: since men value virginity in prospective mates … virginity, across societies and over time, can be influenced by socio-economic factors such as male income inequality, gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269781
gender. Women are also found to be less directly dependent on migration costs unrelated to networks such as distance. … at whether diaspora effects are different across education levels and gender. Using new data allowing to include both … influencing the selection in terms skills and in term of gender. We found that network effects vary by education level but not by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270510
and females. Moreover, in some countries results show convergence between cohort and gender specific travel demand: women …Results from travel demand research in many countries show that - on average - women are less mobile and have different … mobility patterns than men. Recent longitudinal studies of gender specific travel demand reveal converging mobility of males …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271136
more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older … and highly educated undocumented immigrant women relative to men; 2) A change in the skill composition of immigrant women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275695
There is ample evidence that women do not react to competition as men do and are less willing to enter a competition … understand the underlying motives of women (and men) to enter a competition or avoid it. We use the Big Five personality factors … those women who do not choose competitive incentives "know" that they should not. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422219
how women could be more successfully motivated to become self-employed in the crafts. First of all, traditional gender …. Entrepreneurship consulting should incorporate gender typical concerns and cater to the specific informational requirements of women … tendency of women to start businesses in the service sector, which is underrepresented in the crafts. Women also tend to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011964154
private than in the public sector. Our test results show that, contrary to the public sector, there are no gender differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010297549
Poland's economy has been outstanding if we take GDP growth as our measure. It is not specific reforms that can explain this …-friendly governments were voted out of office, the new governments in Poland never reversed reforms undertaken by the previous government …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010331399
abilities of the relevant country. In Poland, during 20 years of comprehensive systemic shift, GDP increased more than in any … competitiveness or in growth in terms of quantity, but also social and cultural aspects should be taken into account. In Poland, there … theories. Poland's transformation can be seen as a success, but only to the extent of achieving two-thirds of its potential. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273403
above average. The software industry is a young and dynamically growing one everywhere, and Poland is no exception …. Companies in the industry tend to be young and very small. In Poland, they are very focused on the domestic market and play the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430890