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Long-term effect of international trade on the gender wage and educational gaps

Yamamura, Eiji - 2016

This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …

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Impact of Industrialization on Relative Female Survival : Evidence from Trade Policies

Chakraborty, Tanika - 2012

This paper exploits an exogenous shift in the trade policy in India to study the impact of industrialization on son preference. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that households are more likely to have a male child in regions with higher trade openness relative to regions with...

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What happened to real earnings in Egypt, 2008 to 2009?

Cichello, Paul L.; Abou-Ali, Hala; Marotta, Daniela - In: IZA journal of labor & development 2 (2013), pp. 1-38

Nominal earnings in Egypt did not respond to the increase in inflation between February 2008 and February 2009, resulting in a 12.3 (9) percent decline in average (median) real earnings among 25 to 60 years old workers. Changes in earnings differ significantly by groups: (i) those with higher...

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Male-female labor market participation and the extent of gender-based wage discrimination in Turkey

Günalp, Burak; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; Acar, Elif Öznur - 2013

A gender differential in wages is considered to be discriminatory if the differential cannot be explained by gender … differences in productivity. Numerous studies have been performed to measure the extent of gender wage discrimination in countries …

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Impact of industrialization on relative female survival : evidence from trade policies

Chakraborty, Tanika - 2012

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Male-female labor market participation and the extent of gender-based wage discrimination in Turkey

Günalp, Burak; Cilasun, Seyit Mümin; Acar, Elif Öznur - 2015

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Early life circumstances and life cycle labor market outcomes

Flores, Manuel; Garcia-Gomez, Pilar; Kalwij, Adriaan - 2015

We investigate how early life circumstances - childhood health and socioeconomic status (SES) - are associated with labor market outcomes over an individualś entire life cycle. A life cycle approach provides insights not only into which labor market outcomes are associated with adverse...

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Early Life Circumstances and Life Cycle Labor Market Outcomes

Flores, Manuel - 2015

We investigate how early life circumstances — childhood health and socioeconomic status (SES) — are associated with labor market outcomes over an individual's entire life cycle. A life cycle approach provides insights not only into which labor market outcomes are associated with adverse...

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Effects of parental health shocks on children's school achievements : A register-based population study

Aaskoven, Maiken Skovrider - 2020

cancers. We observe different outcomes across children's gender and age, but no effects of family-related resilience factors …

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Swimming skills around the world : Evidence on inequalities in life skills across and within countries

Borgonovi, Francesca - 2022

development and empowerment, especially in light of threats, such as climate change. …

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