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be explained by perceived gender discrimination. Thanks to unique individual level data, we track women's willingness and …, preventing women from actually moving abroad. …
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the separate effects of equal opportunities for women in the labor market and improved contraception on female education …
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Women are underrepresented in economics. This underrepresentation concerns undergraduates, postgraduates, and tenured … fragmented empirical literature on women's underrepresentation in economics. The model is based on Akerlof's and Kranton's (2002 …) model of identity. The question of whether women's underrepresentation may be suboptimal and a cause for concern is also …
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We conduct an experiment to analyze the conditions under which individuals' propensity to engage in bribery and tolerance towards corrupt actors differ across gender. We manipulate the key bribery dimensions — the benefits to corrupt actors and the negative externality caused to other people....
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Women may face systematically greater benefits than men from adopting certain technologies. Yet women often hold lower … preferred by men) in an area with high HIV prevalence. We observe an increase in the likelihood that women have sex and find … strongest adoption of female condoms among women with lower bargaining power, who were previously having unprotected sex …
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We show that competitive female role models reduce women's perceived stereotype threat and increase their willingness … to compete. Competitive male role models have the opposite effect. They seem to discourage women from competing and, as a … result, the gender gap in tournament entry increases. Results are strongest for the best performing women who would benefit …
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This article investigates women's economic, political, and social rights in both home and destination countries as … women's economic and social rights at home improve, they are less likely to leave, but women's political rights are a push … factor. Women's economic rights in destination countries attract female migrants of all education levels but more so those …
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This paper provides novel evidence that female U.S. House Representatives causally increase the U.S. government's demand for products and services provided by female entrepreneurs. Using detailed data on individual contracts between the U.S. federal government and private firms around close U.S....
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Women may face systematically greater benefits than men from adopting certain technologies. Yet women often hold lower … preferred by men - in an area with high HIV prevalence. We observe an increase in the likelihood that women have sex and find … strongest adoption of female condoms among women with lower bargaining power, who were previously having unprotected sex. …
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In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...
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