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violence? We address this question by exploiting a natural experiment of history in Cameroon. From the end of WWI until 1961 … in former British territories are 30% more likely to be victims of domestic violence than those in former French … former French areas. These results are incompatible with household bargaining models that incorporate domestic violence but …
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violence. It is shown that economic violence against Muslim women perpetrated by their husbands exists in India. Economic …Economic violence represents a state of control over an individual capacity to obtain, utilize and keep up economic … assets. The current study investigates the prevalence of economic violence among women of the socioeconomically backward …
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significantly more likely to be working, have lower tolerance of domestic violence, and are less likely to be victims of domestic … violence. Using distance to the international airport as an instrument for proximity to an exporting factory, we find similar … results: higher employment rates, lower tolerance of domestic violence, and a decrease in the experience of physical violence. …
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Social norms can mitigate the effectiveness of formal institutions, in particular the way legal reforms may affect women's autonomy. We examine this question in the context of ethnic variation in traditional post-marital cohabitation, i.e. matrilocality versus patrilocality. We use...
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Sericulture is a women intensive sector where 60% of the workers are either family workers or hired female workers. Productive skill makes the presence of women invincible both in pre and post cocoon sectors. This larger participation is expected to raise their level of empowerment too. Higher...
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The transformation of global agri-food systems has led to the increased establishment of exportoriented horticultural plantations in developing countries. These labor intense production sites are associated with feminized employment patterns for the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and...
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For sustainable economic and social development to take place in any country, it is necessary that people participate in the political process. The process of participation is complex and it is by no means clear that it is comprehensively inclusive. By this, we mean that it is not possible to...
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on health, socialization and household expenditure, as well as a decline in the acceptation of domestic violence and …
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Women born in 1935 went to college significantly less than their male counterparts and married women's labor force participation (LFP) averaged 40% between the ages of thirty and forty. The cohort born twenty years later behaved very differently. The education gender gap was eliminated and...
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