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Analyzing gender gaps of unemployed job-seekers, this study uniquely complements the broad literature focussing … predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors … importance. Married women and those with young children perform particularly bad compared to men. High unexplainable gender gaps …
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probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with …
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We investigate the trend in the gender employment gap in the expanding nonsubsistence sector of the economy in … Mozambique, a country still characterized by a large subsistence agricultural sector. We show evidence that the gender gap has …
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Discrimination based on gender is commonly observed on labor markets, although its scale and symptoms are different … with regard to country and are subject to changes over time. Gender-related diverse flows on the labor market constitute … the unemployment rate. Gender impact was noticeable especially in the employment decrease periods. For data after the year …
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to explore the mechanisms underlying hiring discrimination against transgender men.Design/methodology/approach - The authors conduct a scenario experiment with final-year business students in which fictitious hiring decisions are made about transgender or...
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Gender disparities in wages among professionals exist because women begin their professional careers making less than …
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to change legal gender. In many states transgender people are forced to undergo surgical procedures if they wish to … change their gender on ID documents, which can be invasive, expensive, and is not always desired. In the present work state … highlight the detrimental economic impact of surgical requirements for transgender people to be able to reassign gender on birth …
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This paper investigates the evolution of the gender wage gap in South Africa, using the 1993-2015 Post-Apartheid Labour …-paying industries However, the median gender wage gap is substantial at 23-35 per cent. This is unexplained by differences in human …
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Occupational segregation by gender persists in spite of improvements in labor market gender equality over the past 40 …
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The paper initiates a research agenda to study new developments of the effects of sexual orientation and gender … family support all along the sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Contrary to the earlier literature, the most … gender identity, and (iv) evaluate how distastes, stereotypes, and positive workplace actions affect trans people's labour …
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