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Gielen, Anne C.; Loomer, Jessica; Myers, Caitlin K. - 2013

Testosterone, which induces sexual differentiation of the male fetus, is believed to transfer from males to their littermates in placental mammals. Among humans, individuals with a male twin have been found to exhibit greater masculinization of sexually dimorphic attributes relative to those...

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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

Although many U.S. state policies presume that human capital is important for state economic development, there is little research linking better education to state incomes. In a complement to international studies of income differences, we investigate the extent to which quality-adjusted...

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Human capital quality and aggregate income differences : development accounting for US states

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Ruhose, Jens; Woessmann, Ludger - 2015

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Migration and families left behind : families that stay behind when a member migrates do not clearly benefit

Démurger, Sylvie - 2015

About a billion people worldwide live and work outside their country of birth or outside their region of birth within their own country. Labor migration is conventionally viewed as economically benefiting the family members who are left behind through remittances. However, splitting up families...

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Do more-schooled women have fewer children and delay childbearing? : evidence from a sample of US twins

Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R. - In: Journal of population economics 27 (2014) 1, pp. 1-31

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Limited common origins of multiple adult health-related behaviors : evidence from U.S. twins

Sudharsanan, Nikkil; Behrman, Jere R.; Kohler, Hans-Peter - 2016

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Getting ahead : the determinants of and payoffs to internal promotion for young U.S. men and women

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2001

Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper examines the role of gender in the promotion …. Specifically, how do the factors related to promotion differ for men and women? How do gender differences in promotion translate … into differences in subsequent wage growth? To what extent does the promotions gap contribute to the gender wage gap? In …

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Like mother, like child? : the rise of women's intergenerational income persistence in Sweden and the United States

Brandén, Gunnar; Nybom, Martin; Vosters, Kelly - 2023

We show how intergenerational mobility has evolved over time in Sweden and the United States since 1985, focusing on prime-age labor incomes of both men and women. Income persistence involving women (daughters and/or mothers) has risen substantially over recent decades in both Sweden and the US,...

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Male and female competitive behavior : experimental evidence

Gupta, Nabanita Datta (contributor); … - 2005

social norms whose nature and origin we discuss. -- competition ; tournament ; piece rate ; gender ; risk-aversion ; relative …

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Do non-cognitive skills help explain the occupational segregation of young people?

Antecol, Heather; Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2010

occupations in which they are employed. -- non-cognitive skills ; occupation ; youth ; gender …

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