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Economic Growth and Health Inequality : The Perspective of Gender
Krishnamoorthy, Prakash - 2020
The well known Preston Curve shows relationship between per capita output and health achievements. What role does …
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Gender gap in the CIS region
Rokicka, Magdalena (contributor) - 2008
health and demography2. Beside the comparative study of in region differentialsʺ done for the CIS, I analyze the trends in … attainment, health, and demography male population in the CIS region has became more disadvantaged, which also leads to enlarging …
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Mining and gender gaps in India
Guimbeau, Amanda; Ji, James; Menon, Nidhiya; Rodgers, … - 2020
on various measures of women's agency and health in India. Identification leverages the plausibly exogenous spatial … relatively high shares of women. The underlying mechanisms include employment gains for women and improvements in women's health …
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Early childcare expansion and maternal health
Krauß, Marina; Rott, Niklas - 2024
This paper estimates the causal effect of increased availability of early childcare on maternal health. We focus on a … effects of this expansion on maternal self-assessed health. Using a county-level fixed-effects model, we find that a 10 … percentage point increase in the availability of childcare decreases mothers' self-assessed health by 0.173 points on a one to …
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Integrating rquality : globalization, women's rights, son preference and human trafficking
Cho, Seo-young - 2011
Employing economic and social globalization indicators, we empirically analyze whether globalization affects women's rights in the economic and social dimensions. Using panel data from 150 countries over the 1981-2008 period, we find that social globalization positively affects both women's...
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Integrating Equality - Globalization, Women’s Rights, and Human Trafficking
Cho, Seo-Young - 2016
This paper empirically investigates whether globalization can improve women's rights. Using panel data from 150 countries over the 1981-2008 period, I find that social globalization positively affects women's economic and social rights. When controlling for social globalization however, economic...
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Brothers increase women's gender conformity
Brenøe, Anne Ardila - 2021
I examine how one central aspect of the family environment - sibling sex composition - affects women's gender conformity. Using Danish administrative data, I causally estimate the effect of having a second-born brother relative to a sister for first-born women. I show that women with a brother...
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Socio-economic implications of female inclusion in organizational structures and in leadership positions
Krawiec, Alexandra E. - In: International journal of management and economics 49 (2016) 1, pp. 106-134
The perception of women's statutory place within organizations has been influenced by gender bias, which has led to discrimination. Lowering barriers related to gender inequality and introducing constructive changes takes a surprisingly long time. This procrastination can, to some extent, be...
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Gender inequality as a barrier to economic growth : a review of the theoretical literature
Klasen, Stephan; Santos Silva, Manuel - 2018 - This version: August 19, 2018
In this article, we survey the theoretical literature investigating the role of gender inequality in economic development. The vast majority of theories reviewed suggest that gender inequality is a barrier to development, particularly over the long run. Among the many plausible mechanisms...
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Impact of Family Planning Policy on Gender Inequality : Evidence from China
Geng, Yining - 2020
The investments parents make in their children can be gender specific. I study the impact of family planning policies on gender-specific outcomes. Empirically, this paper uses China’s Family Planning Policy (FPP), enacted in 1971, to understand how a reduction in the number of children in a...
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