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opposite gender human capital and the analysis of its effect on the earning profiles of unique human capital holders. The … overwhelming research aim is to better understand the possible reasons behind gender wage disparities, focusing on the unique … features of male and female human capital and their returns. When assessing the gender pay disparities, variation of human …
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categorized as low-resource families. -- gender differences ; education ; behavior … problems. A decomposition of the estimates indicates that most of the gender differences in Reading and Math cannot be related … to gender differences in behavioral problems. The large overall gender gap in Reading seems mainly to be the result of …
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firstly estimated by gender. It is found that the subjects in which women are relatively over-represented (e.g. Education … graduates contributes to the gender pay gap, and the reasons underlying their distinct educational choices. The case of Greece … is examined due to the fact that it is an EU country with historically large gender discrepancies in earnings and …
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to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for … in Turkey. -- Returns to Education ; Mincer Equation ; Gender ; Palestine ; Turkey …This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period …
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to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for … in Turkey. -- Returns to Education ; Mincer Equation ; Gender ; Palestine ; Turkey …This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period …
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to education are higher for women than men in both countries; the gender gap has worsened in 2008, but more so for … in Turkey. -- returns to education ; Mincer equation ; gender ; Palestine ; Turkey …This study exposes a comparative treatment of the private returns to education in Palestine and Turkey over the period …
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We examine how the gender of a sibling affects earnings, education and family formation. Identification is complicated … by parental preferences: if parents prefer certain sex compositions over others, children's gender affects not only the … based on the gender of the other twin. We find that the gender of the sibling influences both men and women, but in a …
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This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life. We conducted a survey of high-ability currently enrolled college students and elicited beliefs about how their choice of college major, and whether to complete their degree at...
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gender differences in employment and earnings has been of a more snapshot nature rather than taking a longer comparative look … experience), estimating comparable earnings equations by gender at each point in time. We consider the effects of sample … education diverge for women and men over this period in the selection-adjusted results but converge in the OLS results, while …
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-- human capital ; returns to education ; gender inequality …
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