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children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …
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children. In contrast, `flow estimates’ suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226886
unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West …
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011437033
The practice of women eating after men is a common gender-inequitable food allocation mechanism that has been … with larger family sizes, there is also evidence of the interplay between family size and gender composition of children …. Our results allude to the literature on the intersectionality between gender and other dimensions of inequality, namely …
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This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … the "gender pension gap" in Germany is higher than in France and much higher than in Denmark. This ranking is similar to … the ranking in the gender pay gap, where Germany has also the highest gender difference. The authors also investigate …
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was a landmark piece of legislation that prohibited private-sector employers from discriminating against qualified disabled workers. Although the Act is over a quarter-century old, legal scholars have never considered whether the Act has been...
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014035163
This paper estimates how previous major pandemic events affected economic and gender inequalities in the short- to … inequality. The results concerning gender inequality are less consistent, but we find some evidence of declining gender equality … among the hardest hit countries, as well as of growing gender gaps in unemployment within the four years after the onset of …
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-headed microenterprises, particularly those with a higher baseline level of profits, to close the gender profit gap in performance and skills …
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