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This paper provides an overview of what has happened over the past fifty years for women as they worked to break … through professional barriers in economics, policy, and institutional leadership. We chart the progress of women in higher … education at the college level and beyond and then go on to examine women's representation at the upper levels of academia …
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Labor markets in the UK have been characterized by markedly widening wage inequality for lowskill (non-college) women …-2019. For recent generations of women, cohort effects indicate a higher likelihood of employment in low-paying manual jobs … low-skill women born in 1990 relative to those born in 1970 …
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the labor division between women and men and show that shocks may disrupt long-standing gender roles. The results are …
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This study investigates the factors that underlay the low labour force participation rate among Palestinian-Arab women … in Israel relative to Jewish women despite the high educational attainment among this group. We focus on four factors … retirement of Arab women from the labour market. We find that all four of these factors affect the probability of Palestinian …
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This study investigates the factors that underlay the low labour force participation rate among Palestinian-Arab women … in Israel relative to Jewish women despite the high educational attainment among this group. We focus on four factors … retirement of Arab women from the labour market. We find that all four of these factors affect the probability of Palestinian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262448
analyzes this issue by comparing the employment of minorities and women at firms holding federal contracts and therefore … beneficiaries of affirmative action in federal contracting over 1973-2003 were black and Native American women and men. Analysis of … employment shares of minorities and women at federal contractors relative to noncontracting firms occurred during the 1970s and …
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(Investment in Women's Human Capital and Economic Development 1995) and observed elsewhere. This paper tests the U …
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The Visegrad 4 countries are characterized by low female and maternal employment rates compared to other Western and Nordic countries. Employment rates of mothers with children aged 0-2 years old are especially low, except in Poland. Work-family balance indicators and gender wage gaps are also...
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This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and … whether - and to what extent commonly suggested mechanisms are responsible for a relatively slower recovery among young women …
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