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and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique cannot be used directly, however, if the outcome is binary and the coefficients …
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This paper explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the … along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition results … racial wage gaps, observable human capital characteristics account for most of the observed wage gaps, the observed gender …
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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 …
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of grade 9 students (16 years old). I examine whether there are systematic differences correlated with gender and ethnic …
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possibility among women and investigate if race/ethnicity and birthplace still have a role to play in the decision to use welfare … even after controlling for income, health and other demographic factors like employment. We find that race does not matter …
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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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such gender gaps have changed in recent years. METHODS: We use data from several surveys during the period 1997 to 2001 to …, but this gender gap in being online disappeared by 2000. However, once online, women remain less frequent and less intense … now, but gender differences in frequency and intensity of Internet usage remain. …
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and gender gaps in outcomes. The technique cannot be used directly, however, if the outcome is binary and the coefficients …
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This paper contributes to the literature of gender differences in academic attainment by putting together several … sources of data going back several decades to investigate how gender stereotypes and parental time investments shape sport … Association, which provides information for every state on the total number of high school participants by gender in each sport …
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labor market performance of immigrants across gender related to duration in the destination, schooling, age at immigration … those in Sweden, Denmark, Luxembourg or Spain the worst, particularly among non-EU born migrants. Gender differences are …
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