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This paper examines the role of ethnic-based gender norms in explaining the occurrence and intensity of sexual violence … economic, family, and societal arrangements, we construct and validate an ethnic-based gender inequality index. We control for … a large set of fixed effects and find empirical support for two interrelated hypotheses. First, gender-unequal armed …
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The 2004 accession of Eastern European countries to the EU has generated concerns about the influx of low-skill immigrants to those countries which did not impose restrictions to immigration, namely Ireland, Sweden, and the UK. However, there is lack of recent systematic evidence on the level of...
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territorial differences in a) the educational level of white women, b) the gender-race composition of the labor force, c) the …
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Can gender-balanced social norms mitigate the gender differences in competitiveness that are observed in traditional … previously been studied. We find that, unlike in the patriarchic society, there is no significant gender difference in the … inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …
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Development Potential of Asian Diasporas -- Diaspora, Homeland, and Development -- Gender, Generation and Identities …, race relations, ethnic studies, gender studies, globalization, Asian studies and research methods." …
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Stylized facts show that migrants more often face overqualified employment than natives. As shown by previous research, one third of the employed foreign born with tertiary education in the EU-15 are overqualified, with levels reaching up to 57.6%, compared to 20.9% among natives. Among the...
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differential effects of the recession by gender and race, we show that heterogeneity in exposure to the labor demand shock by the …
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This study examines gender differences in overconfidence and decision-making in a high-stakes environment. Using data … and can be partly explained by experience. There are no substantial gender differences on the intensive margin of …
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opposite gender human capital and the analysis of its effect on the earning profiles of unique human capital holders. The … overwhelming research aim is to better understand the possible reasons behind gender wage disparities, focusing on the unique … features of male and female human capital and their returns. When assessing the gender pay disparities, variation of human …
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