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intergenerationally transmitted to their offspring using the latest round of the Ghana Living Standards Survey. Findings indicate that … intergenerational linkages are important in Ghana; specifically, the results show a positive significant influence of parents … that of fathers. In terms of gender differences, there is the evidence of a dependency burden in the occupational choice of …
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in Ghana to estimate gender wage gaps by correcting for this double selection process. We find that the average total … influenced by gender, it is appropriate to account for this double selection process. This study uses the latest household survey … gender wage gap is positive and significant irrespective of the sample selection correction method used. Our results indicate …
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techniques to examine the effect of gender wage differences within households on women's empowerment and welfare in Ghana. The …Using household data from the latest wave of the Ghana Living Standards Survey, this paper utilizes machine learning … structural parameters of the post-double selection LASSO estimations show that a reduction in household gender wage gap …
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This paper makes an attempt to investigate the extent of gender segregation in the Ghanaian labour market using widely … used indexes. An assessment of gender differences in the labour market points to a relatively high, but rapidly declining … ratio on account of the concentration of females in low rewarded and less prestigious jobs. A measure of gender segregation …
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the child’s gender and locality. We use instrumental variable, propensity score matching, and the Lewbel procedures, and a … sample of 2,095 households from the 7th Ghana Living Standard Survey. We establish that when families invested in PST at the …
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