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We conducted a controlled experiment to study how different gender frames used in the instructions affect economic … gender-inclusive form. Participants played three standard economic two-player games measuring prosocial behavior. In … differently if their self-reported gender matched the grammatical gender used in the instructions. The results reveal that the …
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gender and language. With conceptual antecedents in pre-history, written Wills found in Ancient Egyptian tombs embody the … has not produced equality in all areas, as demonstrated by the continuing wage gap. Gender bias lingers and can be … identified in language. This Article focuses on Wills, one of the oldest forms of legal documents, to explore the intersection of …
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Gender stereotypes still play a major role in the perception and representation of people in the workplace. Measuring …, evidence-based policy making requires accurate indicators of gender inequalities to promote equality. We present a framework … measuring gender stereotypes on company level using publicly available big data. Specifically, we analyse the one million …
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intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender …. Mothers' egalitarian views and less-restrictive gender norms promote greater labour force participation for daughters and …
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We study the relevance of gender norms in accounting for the incidence and intensity of domestic violence. We use data … and other source-country variables, higher gender equality in the country of ancestry is significantly associated with a … lower risk of victimization in the host country. This suggests that gender norms may play an important role in explaining …
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In recognizing that women's participation and gender equity is a precondition for the achievement of acceptable … development outcomes, extractives industry companies are increasingly making public commitments to integrating gender equality …, inclusion, and women's economic empowerment into aspects of their operations. This paper reviews recent literature on gender and …
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document the persistence and transmission of the Soviet unconventional gender norms, both vertically across generations of …
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In their seminal article, Guiso et al. (2008) uncover a positive relationship between several measures of gender … equality and the math gender gap (which tends to favor boys) by exploiting cross-sectional variation in PISA test scores from … between the female-male gender gap in math test scores and several measures of gender equality vanishes in OECD countries once …
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private institutions. In all of them, we find complex problems arising from gender inequality, this underlines the urgency of … educational measures and social interventions that incorporate the gender perspective. The ultimate priority of gender … mainstreaming is to achieve "gender equality, and equity" in our given society. This study described the social developmental needs …
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