Showing 1 - 10 of 8,602
The paper initiates a research agenda to study new developments of the effects of sexual orientation and gender … family support all along the sexual orientation and gender identity issues. Contrary to the earlier literature, the most … gender identity, and (iv) evaluate how distastes, stereotypes, and positive workplace actions affect trans people's labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262147
Occupational and sectoral segregation by gender is remarkably persistent across space and time and is a major … contributor to gender wage gaps. We investigate the determinants of one-digit occupational and sectoral segregation in developing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011623658
India is the epicenter of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia. Previous research indicates that the majority of HIV … for HIV as part of the survey, it provides regional estimates of HIV serostatus for the general population in India …-positive women in India were infected by their husbands, their only sexual partner, which makes them difficult identify as a high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361861
India is the global epicentre of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Asia. Previous research indicates that the majority of HIV …-positive women in India were infected by their husbands, their only sexual partner, which makes them difficult to identify as a high …-risk population. This paper assesses social factors associated with the transmission of HIV based on demographic determinants, such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014144669
Gender gaps in leadership roles may be reduced by increasing the number of women in career stages that typically … women to a career pipeline can reduce gender gaps in higher-ranking positions over time. Specifically, we examine the … effects of women's local electoral success on subsequent female candidacy at higher levels of government in India from 1977 to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785770
We study the earnings of transsexuals using Dutch administrative labor force data. First, we compare transsexuals to other women and men, and find that transsexuals earn more than women and less than men. Second, we compare transsexuals before and after transition using worker fixed effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529440
Analyzing gender gaps of unemployed job-seekers, this study uniquely complements the broad literature focussing … predominantly on gender gaps of employed workers. I consider a broad range of labor market outcomes, and disentangle the factors … importance. Married women and those with young children perform particularly bad compared to men. High unexplainable gender gaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011535887
-skilled production and service workers in China, 72 percent of ads specified a preferred gender, and 77 percent listed both a minimum and … maximum age. We also document a new stylized fact we call the age twist in gender profiling: firms' explicit gender requests …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458066
territorial differences in a) the educational level of white women, b) the gender-race composition of the labor force, c) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011483661
probit model to analyse gender differences in labour force participation and gender bias in formal wage employment in urban … likely to get formal wage employment, suggesting the existence of gender bias in the labour market in urban areas of Tanzania …. However, after accounting for selection into labour force participation, the existing gender bias is narrowed for women with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545450