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unexpectedly increased education attainment as more students chose to complete the next school stage. This impact is almost … reduced school costs combined with strongly non-linear returns to female education. …
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unexpectedly increased education attainment as more students chose to complete the next school stage. This impact is almost … reduced school costs combined with strongly non-linear returns to female education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242330
gender differences in employment and earnings has been of a more snapshot nature rather than taking a longer comparative look … experience), estimating comparable earnings equations by gender at each point in time. We consider the effects of sample … education diverge for women and men over this period in the selection-adjusted results but converge in the OLS results, while …
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vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … constitutes a case in point. However, little attention has been given to examining the success of vocational education in raising …, we examine the efficacy of vocational education in raising the wage levels of four such groups: recent immigrants, Jews …
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The underrepresentation of women at the top of hierarchies is often explained by gender differences in preferences. We … characterized by self-selection into an uncertain, competitive and male-dominated environment. We observe gender differences in … away" makes female players less successful: despite no gender gap in playing skills, women accumulate lower scores than men …
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Many studies have shown that obesity is a serious health problem for our society. Empirical analyses often neglect a number of methodological issues and relevant influences on health. This paper investigates empirically whether neglecting these items leads to systematically different estimates....
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We investigate the causes of the gender disparity in labour market participation in Ethiopia using iterative …, and by age 22 significantly more women than men have completed high school or tertiary education. From an early age, both …
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on the United States and find that in regions that were more exposed to robots, gender gaps in income and labor force …
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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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interest from suitors relative to those in 'feminine' occupations. Our results highlight the strong effect of gender norms and … traditional gender norms. These findings suggest that expectations regarding returns in the marriage market may influence women …
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