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We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the … levels and returns to human capital investments. These include the higher return to and level of schooling, the small effect … of healthiness on wages, and the large effect of healthiness on schooling for females relative to males. The model …
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development in affecting gender differences in the trends in, levels of, and returns to schooling observed in China and in many …
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This paper uses data from the Nepal Living Standards Survey 2 (2003/2004) to find evidence to whether children are less likely to work and more likely to attend school in a household where the mother has a say in the intra-family decision-making, than in one where the father holds all the power....
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addition, when examining the time spent by girls and boys in two-parent households, we find that the gender of the disabled … both the gender of the teen and of the disabled parent, with teen girls likely being worse off than teen boys. Our results … suggest that differences in teenagers' time investments are a plausible mechanism for gender differences in intergenerational …
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Nominal earnings in Egypt did not respond to the increase in inflation between February 2008 and February 2009 …
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This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their wage distribution during …
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Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...
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by Gender in Egypt: Evidence from Quantile Regression on Panel Data, 1998-2018", World Development, vol. 135: November …This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their wage distribution during …
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This paper considers the public and private sector wage earners in Egypt and examines their wage distribution during …
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commitment, as well as the moderation effect of gender on these relationships among university academic staff in Egypt … from Egypt to the predominantly Western and Asian literature on the perceived salary equity-affective commitment link …. Additionally, the study examines the neglected moderation effect of gender on this link. …
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