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The literature regarding entrepreneurship suggests that the resilience of entrepreneur may help to explain … established entrepreneurs in the Spanish tourism sector, and whether any gender-specific differences exist. Resilience of subjects … the entrepreneur is resourcefulness. This could be said about both men and women. However, the ability to predict …
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usually require competitiveness, competitiveness differences provide an explanation for gender gaps in wages and differences … competitiveness of children in matrilineal and patriarchal societies. We find that while there is no difference at any age in the …
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attractive to women because they have children? Or, is it occupation-specific characteristics of self-employed women that impact … their fertility? This work applies a unique approach by utilizing exogenous variation in both children and self …
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HIV/AIDS among youth is a serious problem in South Africa. Cross-gender relations and associated constructs surrounding … given to developing initiatives geared towards children and very young adolescents (VYAs), aimed at addressing attitudes and … behaviours surrounding gender and sexuality. This paper explored the representations of "positive" cross-gender relations, as …
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Using households with a pair of male-female siblings from DHS surveys, this paper estimates gender based within …-household inequality in immunization status of children (aged 1-5 years) from Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. I find substantial … level of gender based within-household inequality in immunization status (with large inter-country variations) in the …
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At the start of the twenty-first century, two arms of U.S. immigration policy shape the lives of families and children …. The first, enforcement practices, lead to the involuntary separation of parents and children—or the fears of this outcome …—when the United States government detains and forcibly removes the parents of U.S. citizen children. The second, the policies …
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The unequal treatment of children is not gender neutral from the parent side. Our results show that women try to … symmetry between mothers' and fathers' financial situations leads to the perpetuation of gender inequality through generations. …
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insecurity of women and children within countries of origin, transit and destination. The author begins by reviewing the …
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The First National Survey on Discrimination in Mexico, conducted in 2004, reported that 15 out of every 100 parents think they should not invest in their daughter´s education because they will ultimately get married and it will be a waste of money. Using data from the Mexican Income-Expenditure...
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