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Promoting gender equality to strengthen economic growth and resilience
André, Christophe - 2023
Women’s employment rates and wages are still lagging those of men across OECD countries, with average employment and wage gaps now around 15% and 12% respectively. Gaps narrowed at a relatively modest pace over the past decade, calling for further policy action. A lack of affordable...
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Determinants of female entrepreneurship in India
Daymard, Arnaud - 2015
This paper examines the nature and determinants of female entrepreneurship in India based on survey data. The first … part assesses basic characteristics of female entrepreneurship in India, while the subsequent sections analyse key … determinants of female entrepreneurship based on the literature, and test their importance at the state level in India with the …
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Determinants of the low female labour force participation in India
Sorsa, Piritta; Mareš, Jan; Didier, Mathilde; … - 2015
The low and declining female labour force participation rate in India despite strong growth over the past decade is … inclusive growth, and wellbeing. Assessing determinants of the labour force participation of women in India can open important … policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of …
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Anonymous job applications and hiring discrimination : anonymous job applications can level the playing field in access to jobs but cannot prevent all forms of discrimination
Rinne, Ulf - 2014
The use of anonymous job applications to combat hiring discrimination is gaining attention and interest. Results from a number of field experiments in European countries (France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Sweden are considered here) shed light on their potential to reduce some of the...
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Anonymous job applications in Europe
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended effects result in practice, in several European countries...
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Anonymous job applications in Europe
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2012
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended effects result in practice, in several European countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009681322
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Anonymous Job Applications in Europe
Krause-Pilatus, Annabelle - 2013
Numerous empirical studies find a substantial extent of discrimination in hiring decisions. Anonymous job applications have gained attention and popularity to identify and combat this form of discrimination. To test whether their intended effects result in practice, in several European countries...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013088997
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(Un)Equal Protection : Why Gender Equality Depends on Discrimination
Cunningham-Parmeter, Keith - 2016
Most accounts of the Supreme Court's equal protection jurisprudence describe the Court's firm opposition to sex discrimination. But while the Court famously invalidated several sex-based laws at the end of the twentieth century, it also issued many other, less-celebrated decisions that...
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Marriage Equality, Workplace Inequality : The Next Gay Rights Battle
Cunningham-Parmeter, Keith - 2021
enduring gender stereotype. Employers and states that punish sexual minorities for violating this norm engage in both sexual …
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The Impact of Mandated Maternity Leave Policies on the Gender Gap in Promotions : Examining the Role of Employer-Based Discrimination
Thomas, Mallika - 2021
This paper examines how mandated maternity leave policies impact the gender gap in promotions. I present a model of the gender gap in promotions where firms must choose whether to invest in the training of their employees, but they are uncertain about their employees' future choice of hours of...
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