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Recruiting High Quality Teachers
Dolton, Peter - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 11-20
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High Grading Standards Improve Student Performance
Figlio, David N.; Lucas, E. Maurice - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 21-26
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Asian economics 12 (2001) 3, pp. 401-417
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...
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Gender differences in work stress, related to organizational conflicts and organizational constrains: An empirical research
Stafyla, Amalia; Kaltsidou, Georgia; Spyridis, Nikolaos - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 91-101
intends to study the gender differences as far as the ways that stress is witnessed in the workplace is concerned … bibliography. Finally, this study contributes to the empirical support of the existence of gender differences in stress …
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Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan
Justino, Patricia; Shemyakina, Olga N. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-28
We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from remittance-receiving households are less likely to participate in the labor market and supply fewer hours when they do. The results are robust to different measures of...
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Gender and Remittances: Evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - In: Feminist Economics 18 (2012) 2, pp. 201-229
This study focuses on gender-specific determinants of remittances in Germany. The conceptual approach considers gender … of naturalized German citizens, gender differences in the amount of remittances disappear. This can be explained by the …
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Arbeitszeitwünsche von Frauen und Männern liegen näher beieinander als tatsächliche Arbeitszeiten
Holst, Elke - In: DIW Wochenbericht 74 (2007) 14/15, pp. 209-215
In Deutschland liegen die von abhängig Beschäftigten gewünschten Wochenarbeitszeiten im Durchschnitt zwischen knapp 30 Stunden (Frauen) und 40 Stunden (Männer). Sehr lange Wochenarbeitszeiten sind weder für eine Mehrheit von Frauen noch für Männer attraktiv; diesen Befund findet man auch...
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Berufswahl wichtig für Karrierechancen von Frauen und Männern
Busch, Anne; Holst, Elke - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 23, pp. 376-384
Der Anteil von Frauen in Führungspositionen der Privatwirtschaft war auch im Jahr 2007 mit 27 Prozent unterdurchschnittlich. Er erreichte nach Angaben des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels (SOEP) wieder das Niveau von vor fünf Jahren. Während weibliche Führungskräfte in hoch qualifizierten...
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Geldanlage: Frauen sind vorsichtiger als Männer - weil sie weniger Vermögen haben
Badunenko, Oleg; Barasinska, Nataliya; Schäfer, Dorothea - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 48, pp. 832-836
bezweifeln ist demnach das gängige Klischee, dass das Geschlecht generell eine wichtige Einflussgröße bei Anlageentscheidungen …
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Has Covid-19 increased gender inequalities in professional advancement? Cross-country evidence on productivity differences between male and female software developers
Hipp, Lena; Konrad, Markus - In: JFR – Journal of Family Research 34 (2022) 1, pp. 134–160
[Objective:] This article analyzed gender differences in professional advancement following the outbreak of the Covid … for women, only when schools were open. [Conclusion:] Having found gender differences in the effect of workplace closures … developers), we conclude that the Covid-19 pandemic may indeed have contributed to increased gender inequalities in professional …
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