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-level modeling techniques, this paper explores the macro-level determinants of the gender poverty gap in the ten post … poverty gap in Central and Eastern Europe, while generous welfare policies, specifically higher levels of spending on pensions …
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paper, we further examine the presence of poverty-based asymmetries in the unpaid work time changes of men and women given … that the role of household production as a coping mechanism may vary by poverty status. We use the 2003-12 American Time …. Our findings reveal that the changes in men's and women's unpaid work time indeed varied by poverty status. In particular …
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Equality of opportunity is a principle of justice that is built on two fundamental ideas. On the one hand, outcome differences across individuals are unacceptable if they are rooted in factors that are beyond individual control. Examples of such circumstance characteristics are the biological...
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Poverty status is an important factor influencing household production and the unpaid work time associated with it due …, we examine the presence of poverty-based asymmetries in the unpaid work time changes of men and women during the Great … Recession. Using the 2003–12 American Time Use Survey, we find that these changes indeed varied by poverty status. In …
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paper, we further examine the presence of poverty-based asymmetries in the unpaid work time changes of men and women given … that the role of household production as a coping mechanism may vary by poverty status. We use the 2003-12 American Time …. Our findings reveal that the changes in men's and women's unpaid work time indeed varied by poverty status. In particular …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010513035
This paper investigates gender inequality in vulnerable employment: forms of employment typically featuring high precariousness, inadequate earnings, and lack of decent working conditions. Using a large collection of harmonized household surveys from developing countries, we measure long-term...
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Women in developing countries face challenges in terms of managing their menstrual hygiene. Oftentimes they do not possess the right means nor materials nor have access to the right facilities. Using a newly released dataset for Burkina Faso and propensity score matching, we provide for the...
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This review evaluates foresight studies to understand how the future agri-food system may impact gender, poverty, and …
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The study examines the nature and extent of time poverty experienced by men and women in subsistence households in …% of men face time constraints. Women's time poverty worsens when the burden of simultaneous care work is taken into … determinants of time poverty show that measures of bargaining power like assets and education do not necessarily affect time …
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This paper estimated the welfare outcomes of Togo's implementation of the common external tariff of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with particular focus on gender issue. First, we detect the induced changes in prices following the transition to the ECOWAS CET. Second, we...
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