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How much might human capital policies affect earnings inequalities and poverty?
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Estudios de economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 9-41
Economic inequality and poverty have persisted in Latin America despite important changes in political and policy regimes. This paper explores the relationship between various human capital programs aimed to reduced poverty and how improvements of those in poverty in the left tail of the earning...
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Does the public sector discriminate against women? : occupational segregation prior to privatization in Egypt
Said, Mona - In: Advances in management & applied economics 1 (2011) 2, pp. 185-201
channels through which occupational segregation and pay discrimination affect the overall gender wage gap in different sectors … model estimates confirm that gender-based pay discrimination is small in the government sector in Egypt and quite high by … ; wage decomposition ; gender wage gap …
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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey
Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34
Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …
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Frühe Förderung und Betreuung von Kindern: Bedeutende Unterschiede bei der Inanspruchnahme besonders in den ersten Lebensjahren
Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 43, pp. 17-28
Von einer frühen Förderung und Betreuung können Kinder und ihre Eltern profitieren. Wir gehen der Frage nach, ob diese Angebote von allen Familien genutzt werden und welche Unterschiede es im Hinblick auf die sozioökonomische Ressourcenausstattung von Familien gibt. Auf der Basis des...
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School closures in Chile : access to quality alternatives in a school choice system
Elacqua, Gregory; Martínez, Matías; Santos, Humberto; … - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 2, pp. 179-202
In this paper, we analyze the schooling alternatives of families that could face school closure. This article identifies, characterizes, and georeferences the institutions classified as low-performing by the SEP Law along with their closest alternatives. The findings indicate that a significant...
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An den Frauen vorbei : Frauenanteil in Spitzengremien des Finanzsektors stagniert
Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 3, pp. 14-22
. -- financial sector ; board diversity ; women CEOs ; gender equality ; management ; public and private banks ; insurance companies …
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Spitzengremien großer Unternehmen : Hartnäckigkeit männlicher Strukturen lässt kaum Platz für Frauen
Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 3, pp. 3-12
erhofften Durchbruch bei den Besetzungen von Vorständen und Aufsichtsräten geführt. -- board diversity ; women CEOs ; gender …
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Finanzsektor : männliche Dominanz in Top-Entscheidungsgremien bleibt erdrückend
Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 3, pp. 16-24
diversity ; women CEOs ; gender equality ; management ; public and private Banks ; insurances companies …
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Frauenanteil in Topgremien großer Unternehmen in Deutschland nimmt geringfügig zu : DAX-30-Unternehmen mit größerer Dynamik
Holst, Elke; Schimeta, Julia - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 3, pp. 3-14
sighted, however. -- board diversity ; women CEOs ; gender equality ; management ; listed companies ; private companies …
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Ethnic persistence, assimilation and risk proclivity
Bonin, Holger; Constant, Amelie; Tatsiramons, Konstantinos - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 1 (2012), pp. 1-23
; assimilation ; second generation effects ; gender …
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