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Divorce among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S.

Houseworth, Christina A.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2019

This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among themselves and in comparison to the native born of the same ancestries. The data are for males and females age 18 to 55, who married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community...

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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - 2001

There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...

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Can vocational education improve the wages of minorities and disadvantaged groups? : the case of Israel

Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - 2001

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Determinants of women empowerment : case of refugee women living in Nairobi Kenya

Kaaria, Judy; Murithi, Immaculate Kathomi - In: Economies : open access journal 13 (2025) 2, pp. 1-19

gender of the household head; the education level of the refugee woman; employment status; and the education of the household …

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Are Women More Likely Venture Funders? Theory and Evidence from Migrants Remitting to Developing Countries

Cummings, Michael E. - 2020

less workplace gender inequality. In this unconventional context, women are more likely than men to step into …

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Gender, culture and STEM : counter-intuitive patterns in Arab society

Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Justman, Moshe - 2019

STEM decreases as gender equality in society increases. Analyzing administrative longitudinal data on students in Hebrew …- and Arabic-language schools in Israel, all operating within the same centralized education system, we find that the gender … achievement-gap favoring girls in Arabic schools, the ethnic group characterized by less gender equality, is greater than the …

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Gender, culture and STEM : counter-intuitive patterns in Arab society

Friedman-Sokuler, Naomi; Justman, Moshe - 2019

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International migration of couples

Junge, Marin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2015

We develop a theoretical model regarding the migration of dual-earner couples and test it in the context of international migration. Our model predicts that the probability that a couple emigrates increases with the income of the primary earner, whereas the income of the secondary earner may...

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Does migration affect education of girls and young women in Tajikistan?

Gatskova, Kseniia; Ivlevs, Artjoms; Dietz, Barbara - 2017

We study how migration affects education of girls in Tajikistan - the poorest post-Soviet state and one of the most remittance-dependent economies in the world. Using data from a three-wave household panel survey conducted in 2007, 2009, and 2011, we find that the effect of migration on girls'...

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COVID-19, race, and gender

Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2021

underrepresentation of women. Using individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County …

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