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An empirical study on the migration among young skilled and creative people
Suciu, Marta-Christina; Florea, Cristina Andreea - In: Amfiteatru economic : an economic and business research … 19 (2017) 46, pp. 727-741
professional development for its residents. Through an empiric research, we have identified the most important factors which …
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Gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills: roles of SES and gender attitudes
Hervé, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere R.; Nandi, … - 2021
Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …
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Sex-differences in language and socio-emotional skills : evidence from large scale studies of very young children
Bando Grana, Rosangela; López Bóo, Florencia; Li, Xia - 2016
This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills on children 7 months to 6 years old in Latin-America. Females had a significant advantage in both dimensions. To our knowledge, this is the first study to document sex differences in these dimensions at a very young age....
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Measurements of skill and skill-use using PIAAC
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Toriyabe, Takahiro - 2022
We develop new indices of skill and skill use, drawing on the alley of skill and skill-use questions in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). We demonstrate that the proposed skill and skill use indices explain the wage gap between males and females, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171192
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Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills : Roles of Ses and Gender Attitudes
Herve, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere; Nandi, Arindam - 2021
Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013244271
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Gender Gaps in Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills : Roles of SES and Gender Attitudes
Herve, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere; Nandi, Arindam - 2021
Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries … and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills. We find steep socioeconomic and attitude … results suggest that a sizable improvement in gender attitudes would yield important gains for females, but substantial gains …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246474
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Occupational match quality and gender over two cohorts
Addison, John T.; Liwen, Chen; Ozturk, Orgul Demet - 2018
Using a multi-dimensional measure of occupational mismatch, we report distinct gender differences in match quality and … changes in match quality over the course of careers. A substantial portion of the gender wage gap stems from match quality …
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Unlucky to Have Brothers : Sibling Sex Composition and Girls' Noncognitive Skills
Bao, Te; Yuan, Yuemei; Luo, Weidong; Xu, Bin - 2022
We explore the relationship between sibling sex composition, gender inequality and girls' locus of control. Among girls …
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How labour market outcomes reflect age, gender and skills in Korea
Pareliussen, Jon - 2022
Using micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this paper seeks to answer how age, gender and … correlated with pay. Age, gender and parenthood are strongly correlated with both pay and employment. The weak link between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523720
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The parental wage gap and the development of socio-emotional skills in children
Hufe, Paul - 2024
monetary and time resources into the skill development of their children. In this paper, I study the causal impact of changes …-emotional development as measured by their Big Five personality traits and externalizing/internalizing behaviors. This null effect can be …
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