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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed
Constant, Amelie F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
businesswomen – and investigate whether ethnicity is important in these challenging jobs. Employing data from the German … Socioeconomic Panel I estimate selection adjusted wage regressions for both types of businesswomen by country of origin. I find that … self-employment offers businesswomen a lucrative avenue with higher monetary rewards, albeit for a shorter spell. If …
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Businesswomen in Germany and Their Performance by Ethnicity: It Pays to Be Self-Employed
Constant, Amelie - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2008
businesswomen - and investigate whether ethnicity is important in these challenging jobs. Employing data from the German … Socioeconomic Panel I estimate selection adjusted wage regressions for both types of businesswomen by country of origin. I find that … self-employment offers businesswomen a lucrative avenue with higher monetary rewards, albeit for a shorter spell. If …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005068678
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Businesswomen and financial management: Three eighteenth-century case studies
Wiskin, Christine - In: Accounting History Review 16 (2006) 2, pp. 143-161
This article considers how three English businesswomen managed the financial aspects of their enterprises in the 'long …
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Feminist politics in India: Women and civil society activism
Vijayalakshmi, V. - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2005
The paper examines feminist politics in India and the various issues with which they have been engaged. The two issues that divide women and inhibit alliances among the women’s movements are the Uniform Civil Code, and the reservation of seats for women in Parliament and state legislatures....
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Authority, Powerlessness and Dependence: Women and Political Participation
Vijayalakshmi, V; Chandrashekar, B K - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2002
Affirmative action has enabled the representation of women in panchayats and enhanced their political status in local government. While they now possess authority through being incumbents of elective positions, this has not been translated into power (i.e. the ability to actually effect...
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Politico-Economic Determinants of Tort Reforms in Medical Malpractice
Matter, Ulrich; Stutzer, Alois - Wirtschaftswissenschaftliches Zentrum, Universität Basel - 2015
The U.S. tort system has experienced various reforms during the last three decades. While there is a broad literature on the consequences of these reforms, very little is known about their determinants. In this study, we investigate the politico-economic forces that were driving the reform...
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What is missing in measures of Women's Empowerment?
Beteta, Hanny Cueva - In: Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 7 (2006) 2, pp. 221-241
This paper argues that the Gender Empowerment Measure is an incomplete and biased index on women's empowerment, which measures inequality among the most educated and economically advantaged and fails to include important non-economic dimensions of decision-making power both at the household...
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Women, Politics and Democratic Prospects in Latin America
Buvinic, Mayra; Roza, Vivian - Inter-American Development Bank - 2004
Over the last decade, Latin America has witnessed unprecedented gains of more than 50 percent in the number of women in power. This paper explains these gains and discusses factors that fuel and help forecast the continuing growth in women's political participation. The authors also explore the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009323805
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Gender Inequality, Differences, and Identities: Women and Local Governance in Karnataka
Vijayalakshmi, V; Chandrashekar, B K - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2000
Cultural and social exclusion from the political system resulted in women and other disadvantaged sections of population being alienated from politics and governance. The reservation of seats in local governance has offered women new political space and an opportunity to participate in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010636855
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Politics of Inclusion: Scheduled Tribe Women in Local Governance
Vijayalakshmi, V - Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC) - 2001
Despite the political inclusion of Scheduled Tribe women in panchayats and the claims to equality of opportunity in political participation, the political marginalisation of Scheduled Tribe women continues. Political exclusion is a consequence of their exclusion at the macro and micro levels of...
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