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Cultural distance and conflict-related sexual violence
Guarnieri, Eleonora; Tur-Prats, Ana - 2020
a conflict; (ii) differences in other dimensions of culture unrelated to gender do not explain conflict-related sexual …
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Culture and the cross-country differences in the gender commuting gap : evidence from immigrants in the United States
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2021
This paper explores the role of the gender equality culture in cross-country gender commuting gap differences. To avoid … inter-relationships between culture, institutions, and economic conditions in a simple cross-country analysis, we adopt the … evidence of the existence of a cultural impact. Our results show that a culture with more gender equality in the country of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497183
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Gender implications of biofuels expansion : a CGE analysis for Mozambique
Arndt, Channing; Benfica, Rui; Thurlow, James - 2010
We use a gendered computable general equilibrium model to assess the implications of biofuels expansion in Mozambique. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty....
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Gender Implications of Biofuels Expansion : A CGE Analysis for Mozambique
Arndt, Channing - 2015
We use a gendered computable general equilibrium model to assess the implications of biofuels expansion in Mozambique. We compare scenarios with different gender employment intensities in producing jatropha for biodiesel. Under all scenarios, biofuels accelerate GDP growth and reduce poverty....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013031712
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Gender norms and women's decision to work: evidence from Japan
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Tanaka, Ryūichi - 2021
Using individual-level data from the National Family Research of Japan Survey (1999, 2004 and 2009) and exploiting variation in the share of individuals with non-traditional gender norms across birth-cohorts, survey year, education, and prefecture, we find that an increase in the share of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012589850
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The impact of gender role norms on mothers' labor supply
Cavapozzi, Danilo; Francesconi, Marco; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2021
We study whether mothers' labor supply is shaped by the gender role attitudes of their peers. Using detailed information on a sample of UK mothers with dependent children, we find that having peers with gender-egalitarian norms leads mothers to be more likely to have a paid job and to have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012493318
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The impact of gender role norms on mothers' labor supply
Cavapozzi, Danilo; Francesconi, Marco; Nicoletti, Cheti - 2021
We study whether mothers' labor supply is shaped by the gender role attitudes of their peers. Using detailed information on a sample of UK mothers with dependent children, we find that having peers with gender-egalitarian norms leads mothers to be more likely to have a paid job and to have a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012495148
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Irrigation and culture : gender roles and women's rights
Fredriksson, Per; Gupta, Satyendra Kumar - 2020
autocracy and a culture of collectivism. These are both associated with weaker female property rights. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012297216
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Gender division of household labor : how does culture operate?
Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2019
In this paper, we examine whether culture plays a role in the gender division of household labor. To explore this issue … gender division of housework may be due to cultural differences. We find that the higher the culture of gender equality in … housework and childcare as household labor. Our work is extended by examining how culture operates and is transmitted. We study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151823
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Linguistic traits and human capital formation
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2020
This research establishes the influence of linguistic traits on human behavior. Exploiting variations in the languages spoken by children of migrants with identical ancestral countries of origin, the analysis indicates that the presence of periphrastic future tense, and its association with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012157462