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Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …
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There is a perception among native born parents in the USA that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina, there has been a significant increase in immigrants, especially those with limited English language skills....
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As gender equality is a priority for 17 sustainable development goals, it is appropriate to establish a correlation … between the Gender Gap Index (GGI), economic efficiency and governance. Three hypotheses have been investigated. It is … governance systems has different implications for achieving gender equality and well-being. It is proposed to use the Windmill …
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The belief that both the behavior and outcomes of students are affected by their peers is important in shaping education policy. I analyze two polar education systems -tracking and mixing- and propose several criteria for their comparison. I find that tracking is the system that maximizes...
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Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we … characterize the evolution of gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries between 1960 and 2010. We document five facts. First …, gender gaps widened as more boys went to school, then narrowed as girls enrolled; thus, gender gaps got worse before they got …
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We exploit the implementation of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme to identify exogenous shifts in mothers' labor force participation and its impact on their children's educational outcomes. Using child level panel data, we find that a mother's participation in the labor force...
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Previous comparative research has uncovered considerable cross-country differences in occupational gender segregation …. There is, however, a lack of research on the role of educational systems in the creation of gender segregation and gendered … education–employment linkage in the transmission of horizontal gender segregation from education into the labour market …
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Frauen sind an Universitäten und Fachhochschulen in den sogenannten MINT-Fächern (Mathematik, Informatik, Naturwissenschaft, Technik) stark unterrepräsentiert. Der vorliegende Bericht geht der Frage nach, inwiefern eine der Ursachen schon im Grundschulalter zu suchen ist. Auf Basis eines für...
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This paper investigates the moderating effect of confidence on the gender gap in financial literacy based on a … abilities and several independent variables. This study shows that confidence is indeed a strong force in bridging the gender … gender as well. Expertise in the form of increased mathematical abilities and economic education is suggested as a promising …
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the pandemic for girls, a covid-19 pandemic-related gender gap persists. Our findings suggest that a virtually … needed to address gender differences in adolescent outcomes. …
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