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Do male bosses underestimate their female subordintates' skills? A comparison of employees' and line managers' perceptions of job skills

Green, Francis; James, Donna; Pedersen, Pål Andreas - 2001

Employees and their line managers may have different perceptions of the skills used in jobs. We carried out a survey aimed at explaining such differences, in respect of verbal, physical, problem-solving and planning skills, the qualifications required to get the job, and indicators of the...

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Lean Work and Gender Inequalities: Manufacturing Consent at a Multinational Car Plant in Provincial Russia

Krzywdzinski, Martin; Lechowski, Grzegorz; Mählmeyer, … - In: Global Labour Journal 10 (2019) 2, pp. 123-141

How do local labour market structures, in tandem with workforce dispositions and attitudes, influence the way multinational companies localise their standardised work and production systems? This article investigates the conflict-ridden factory regime of a lean automotive plant in provincial...

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Ländliche Lebensverhältnisse im Wandel 1952, 1972, 1993, 2012: Volume 6, Ländliche Arbeitsmärkte: Chancen für Frauen - Frauen als Chance

Tuitjer, Gesine - 2016

Eine Betrachtung der Erwerbsintegration von Frauen in ländlichen Räumen allein unter dem Aspekt des Fachkräftemangels greift zu kurz. Daher werden in dieser Arbeit lokale Geschlechterkulturen und ihre Wirkung auf die Situation von Müttern zwischen Familie und Beruf untersucht. Auf Grundlage...

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Macht und substantielle Repräsentation von Frauen

Blome, Agnes; Fuchs, Gesine - In: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische … 26 (2017) 1, pp. 55-69

Politische Repräsentation bezweckt im Allgemeinen, politisch verbindliche Entscheidungen herbeizuführen und umzusetzen. Dabei berücksichtigen die gewählten Abgeordneten die Interessen ihrer Bürger*innen. Frauen sind jedoch in den meisten Parlamenten unterrepräsentiert. Dies wirft die Frage...

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Strategic Parenting, Birth Order and School Performance

Hotz, V. Joseph; Pantano, Juan - 2013

later-born children. Taken together, these patterns are consistent with a reputation model of strategic parenting. …

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Explaining Well-Being over the Life Cycle: A Look at Life Transitions during Young Adulthood

Switek, Malgorzata - 2013

-to-work transition, and the early years of parenting. After age 30 parenting continues as an important life transition, and is joined by … overall life satisfaction. Partnership formation, the school-to-work transition, and parenting younger children are all … of well-being. After age 30, the monetary burdens, and strains on relationship with partner associated with parenting …

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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility

Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - 2014

transfer policies to poor families significantly boost child outcomes. Mentoring, parenting, and attachment are essential …

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Early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries: A comprehensive literature review

Baker-Henningham, Helen; López Bóo, Florencia - 2010

This report reviews the effectiveness of early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries. The report aims to answer the questions: What works in terms of early stimulation for young children in developing countries? For whom and under what conditions do these programs work and...

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Parental leave policies and child care time in couples after childbirth

Schober, Pia S. - 2012

This research explores how different parental leave reforms in West Germany impacted on the time mothers and fathers in couples spent on child care. I investigate indirect effects through mothers' labor market return decisions more in detail than previous studies and also examine potential...

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The Economics of Parenting

Doepke, Matthias; Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zilibotti, Fabrizio - 2019

Parenting decisions are among the most consequential choices people make throughout their lives. Starting with the work … how parents' actions affect their children. In recent years, the literature on parenting within economics has increasingly … have developed models to understand the choice between various parenting styles that were first explored in the …

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