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children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it … is among children in India and China, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in India and China. We show that the …
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children. In contrast, `flow estimates’ suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it … is among children in India and China, and is larger in Sub-Saharan Africa than in India and China. We show that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226886
We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century … commerce quickly dissipates after national compulsory primary schooling is imposed at Unification, suggesting that the channel …
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We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative …
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Violence against women is acknowledged globally as a fundamental human rights violation. Gender-Based Violence [GBV] is …
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A kind of gender revolution is passing through various countries in various continents. By being offered free access to … assess the role of gender equity and uniquely women entrepreneurship in the process of socio-economic development. Implying a … set of variables, treated as proxies of gender equality and women entrepreneurship, we estimate their coherence with socio …
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We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities …
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We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities …
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This paper examines the effects of female education on marriage outcomes by exploiting the exogenous variation generated by the Female Secondary School Stipend Program in Bangladesh, which made secondary education free for rural girls. Our findings show that an additional year of female...
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Relative to developed countries, there are far fewer women than men in parts of the developing world. Estimates suggest that more than 200 million women are demographically 'missing' worldwide. To explain the global 'missing women' phenomenon, research has mainly focused on excess female...
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