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Gender inequality in several social structures of society is a long-standing issue. A more prevalent problem is the … patriarchal system. The existing societal gender roles/essentialism and social constructionism can explain these causes ….Nonetheless, organizations miss out on the benefits of being a gender-equal company and face the consequences of promoting an imbalanced …
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Women's weak bargaining power against spouses can be a hurdle to their entrepreneurship opportunities. By utilizing the state- and time-varying divorce laws in the U.S., we find that female entrepreneurship increases significantly when the divorce laws give women stronger bargaining power. This...
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This paper investigates career choices of women who marry high-income men. We find that women married to men in the top of the income distribution are more likely to enter self-employment, which is also associated with a lower income. This can be interpreted as a career choice that produces a...
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Work and family have become either/or propositions for a growing segment of young professionals in business, law, and medicine. A well documented opt-out revolution is underway, in which women professionals are leaving the workplace in droves. Less appreciated is the converse phenomenon: huge...
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There has been a great acceleration in globalization; therefore it includes widening the social, cultural and political rules, norms and moderations. Different parts of the world gain these reforms for their economic well-beings, social and political structures, to solve their socio-economic...
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estimations clearly indicate that these differences cannot account for gender differences in the promotion probability to a large …
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relation to gender and women, the focus has been on the influence of social contexts such as networks, family and household … institutional contexts for women's entrepreneurship and their intersections, as informed by entrepreneurship, gender and geography … gendered, reflecting local institutions such as accepted gender norms which may "force" women into specific industries or …
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Restrictions in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic have affected and continue to affect the operations of entrepreneurs. A wide range of support measures were designed to mitigate their consequences. This paper traces the economic development in the various sectors and provides an overview of...
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labor market, such as gender stereotypes and gender identity. This paper examines gender stereotypes and self … survey data used contain detailed information about the managers as well as their employers. We find significant gender … differences between managers with regard to gender stereotyping attitudes. Male managers on average tend to have stronger gender …
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This study examines the impact of board gender diversity on financial misconduct. The findings suggest firms with … gender-diverse boards commit fewer financial reporting mistakes and engage in less fraud. The findings hold after accounting … diminish at higher levels of gender diversity, indicating that impact of gender diversity on decreasing the likelihood of …
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