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A cautionary tale on polygyny, conflict and gender inequality
Krieger, Tim; Renner, Laura - 2018
Kanazawa (J of Politics, 2009) claims that polygyny may be the "first law of intergroup conflict (civil wars …)". Gleditsch et al. (J of Politics, 2011) reject this claim by showing that the effect of polygyny on civil war onset disappears … once misogyny is controlled for. Our paper recapitulates this theoretical and empirical debate. We explore further …
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Sex ratios, polygyny, and the value of women in marriage : a Beckerian approach
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2014
that this analysis has been expanded and tested. Becker also used D&S analysis to develop his argument that polygyny … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage … polygyny may be harmful to women. Furthermore, the positive association between brideprice and polygyny does not necessarily …
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Civil wars and stumbling of patriarchal societies : the reconstruction of gender relations in post-conflict Liberia
Larmin, Augustine T.; Banini, Daniel Kofi - 2022
This research project traces how women's participation in the Liberian civil wars, as combatants and peace agents, reconstructs gender relations in the post-civil war context. The current literature examines the role of women in the governance of rebel groups, emphasizing how women operate...
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Missing from the market : purdah norm and women's paid work participation in Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2017
Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in South Asia are in wage employment. We revisit this puzzle using a nationally representative data set from Bangladesh. Probit regression results show that even after accounting for...
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Capital market integration and gender inequality
Komura, Mizuki; Ogawa, Hikaru - 2018
This study explores the effects of globalization on gender inequality. Specifically, we depict that, in terms of capital market integration, globalization alters the gender gap in wage rates through changes in labor demand for capital-intensive sectors. Consequently, globalization leads to...
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Divorce, abortion and children's sex ratio : the impact of divorce reform in China
Sun, Ang; Zhao, Yaohui - 2014
This paper explores how the relative circumstances of men and women following marital dissolution affect sex-selection behavior within marriages. China's 2001 divorce reform liberalized divorce in favor of women and secured women's property rights after separation. We use this improvement in...
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Missing from the market : purdah norm and women's paid work participation in Bangladesh
Asadullah, Mohammad Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2016
Despite significant improvement in female schooling over the last two decades, only a small proportion of women in South Asia are in wage employment. We revisit this puzzle using a nationally representative data set from Bangladesh. Probit regression results show that even after accounting for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011596085
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Couples and gender inequality
Larsen, Kristian - 2023
This study shows that entering into a cohabiting partnership leads to long lasting earnings losses for women, even after accounting for the impact of child penalties. While 2 ⁄3 of the total effect of cohabitation is due to partnered women having higher fertility than unpartnered women, an...
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Cultural distance and conflict-related sexual violence
Guarnieri, Eleonora; Tur-Prats, Ana - 2020
This paper examines the role of ethnic-based gender norms in explaining the occurrence and intensity of sexual violence in conflict. We generate a novel dyadic dataset that contains information on the ethnic identity of the actors involved in 33 ethnic civil conflicts in Africa between 1989 and...
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Patrilocality and Child Sex Ratios in India
Goli, Srinivas; Arora, Somya; Jain, Neha - 2022
In multi-level and multi-layered foundations of gendered approaches for understanding the kinship system, son preferences, and male-skewed child sex ratios in India; patriarchy, and patrilineality have received greater attention than patrilocality. To fill this gap, in this study, we construct a...
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