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The role of women in society : from preindustrial to modern times
Giuliano, Paola - In: CESifo economic studies : CESifo, a joint initiative of … 61 (2015) 1, pp. 33-52
The participation of women in agriculture and the role of women in society in the preindustrial period were remarkably different across ethnicities and strongly related to the type of agricultural technology adopted historically. The sexual division of labor was broadly associated to two...
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Trade liberalization and gender inequality : can free-trade policies help to reduce gender inequalities in employment and wages?
Pieters, Janneke - 2015
Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is an important objective in itself, women's economic activity also matters as a condition for sustained economic growth. The political debate on the labor market impacts of...
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Does mandating nondiscrimination in hiring practices influence women's employment? : evidence using firm-level data
Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif - In: Feminist economics 21 (2015) 4, pp. 28-60
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Employment programmes for the poor and female empowerment : the effect of NREGS on gender-based violence in India
Amaral, Sofia; Bandyopadhyay, Siddhartha; Sensarma, Rudra - In: Journal of interdisciplinary economics 27 (2015) 2, pp. 199-218
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The gender gap in employment hours : do work-hour regulations matter?
Landivar, Liana Christin - In: Work, employment & society : a journal of the British … 29 (2015) 4, pp. 550-570
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Gender effects of trade openness in Sub-Saharan Africa
Wamboye, Evelyn; Seguino, Stephanie - In: Feminist economics 21 (2015) 3, pp. 82-113
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The care connection : the World Bank and women's unpaid care work in select sub- Saharan African countries
Bibler, Sarah; Zuckerman, Elaine - 2013
With the aim of reducing women's greater unpaid care work than men&'s and increasing women's paid employment, this … analysis of 36 World Bank employment-related projects in Malawi, Mali, Niger, and Rwanda. It concludes that the vast majority …
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Employment, gender, education and other relevant variables : the financial crisis impact in Spain
Díaz Pérez, Flora María; González-Morales, Ma Olga - 2011
out to obtain empirical evidence of the employment profile according to gender, quantify the extent to which self-employment … or salaried employment is associated with certain characteristics (age, education, marital status and economic sector … Office (INE). Results shows that significant gender differences in employment status are seen when this is disaggregated and …
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Women managers and the gender-based gap in access to education : evidence from firm-level data in developing countries
Islam, Asif; Amin, Mohammad - In: Feminist economics 22 (2016) 3, pp. 127-153
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Employment and the risk of domestic violence : does the breadwinner's gender matter?
Alonso-Borrego, César; Carrasco, Raquel - 2016
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