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discrimination. But while the Court famously invalidated several sex-based laws at the end of the twentieth century, it also issued … long-ignored cases that approved of sex discrimination, this Article explains how the Court's rulings in this area have … equal protection that authorizes certain forms of sex discrimination, (Un)Equal Protection advocates for one particular …
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This forthcoming chapter in the Handbook of Income Distribution (eds., A. Atkinson and F. Bourguignon) summarizes the literature on equality of opportunity. We begin by reviewing the philosophical debate concerning equality since Rawls (sections 1 and 2), present economic algorithms for...
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On 1 March, federal ministers Annalena Baerbock and Svenja Schulze jointly presented the Guidelines for a Feminist Foreign Policy (FFP) of the Federal Foreign Office (AA) and the Strategy for a Feminist Development Policy (FDP) of the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
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This paper examines how mandated maternity leave policies impact the gender gap in promotions. I present a model of the gender gap in promotions where firms must choose whether to invest in the training of their employees, but they are uncertain about their employees' future choice of hours of...
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In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for more than 40 years, providing equal access to education and employment, and restricting pay differentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the promotion of equal opportunities and treatment for...
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. Evidence examining whether age discrimination is a barrier for seniors as they try to increase their work lives through the … common practice of "bridge" jobs is also presented. After discussing the evidence that measures age discrimination, economics … and legal research that seeks to determine to what extent the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act and state …
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Currently, Queenmothers Queen Mothers (traditional women leaders) in Ghana do not participate in the local, regional, and national assemblies of traditional leaders, only male chiefs participate in these bodies. In addition to violating the Queenmothers' right to political participation, the...
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