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Explaining the persisting mathematics test score gap between boys and girls
Sprietsma, Maresa - 2010
significantly reduce the gender test score gap. A remaining gap of 14% of a standard deviation in test scores is unexplained. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010303807
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Work experience as a source of specification error in earnings models: implications for gender wage decompositions
Regan, Tracy L.; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - 2006
We address the bias from using potential vs. actual experience in earnings models. Statistical tests reject the classical errors-in-variable framework. The nature of the measurement error is best viewed as a model misspecification problem. We correct for this by modeling actual experience as a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267424
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International Labour Force Participation Rates by Gender: Unit Root or Structural Breaks?
Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - 2011
in the total, female and male labour force participation rates (LFPR) for Australia, Canada and the USA. We extend the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500194
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International Labour Force Participation Rates by Gender: Unit Root or Structural Breaks?
Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - 2011
in the total, female and male labour force participation rates (LFPR) for Australia, Canada and the USA. We extend the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320532
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International labour force participation rates by gender: Unit root or structural breaks?
Ozdemir, Zeynel Abidin; Balcilar, Mehmet; Tansel, Aysit - 2011
in the total, female and male labour force participation rates (LFPR) for Australia, Canada and the USA. We extend the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282306
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Promotion and wages in mid-career: Gender, unionism, and sector
Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet; Wang, Si - 2012
This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289854
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Gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students: Evidence from Sweden
Lindahl, Erica - 2007
This study investigates the importance of gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students for school … likely to obtain better test scores in Mathematics, when the share of teachers of the same gender as the student increases … teachers increases. The positive same-gender effect on test scores is counteracted by a negative assessment effect. That is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010317909
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Remittances and Gender: Theoretical Considerations and Empirical Evidence
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2011
In this paper, we focus on network- and gender-specific determinants of remittances, which are often explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600996
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Training in Europe
Arulampalam, Wiji; Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2003
Using the European Community Household Panel, we investigate gender differences in training participation over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261638
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Income Inequality and Gender in New Zealand, 1998-2003
Papps, Kerry L. - 2004
was partially offset by changes in the distribution of these characteristics. Between-gender inequality fell with respect … to both samples. In contrast to within-gender inequality, this was largely explained by changes in the returns to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262116