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This paper explores the short-and long-term effects on wages of absence from work for young highly attached skilled male and female workers in West Germany. The analysis distinguishes different types of career absence: unemployment, maternity leave for female workers, compulsory service for male...
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labour market dimensions. Gender inequalities are further aggravated among people with children. Women with children under 16 … to be more effective if combined with advances in breaking up traditional gender roles. …
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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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Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment outcomes of their children. Interventions that...
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Payments at the time of marriage, which are ubiquitous in developing countries, can be substantial enough to impoverish parents. Brideprice and dowry have both been linked to domestic violence against women, and inflation in these payments has prompted legislation against them in several...
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This paper studies gender differences in performance in a male‐dominated competitive environment chess tournaments. We … find that the gender composition of chess games affects the behaviors of both men and women in ways that worsen the … losing to women. Our results shed some light on the behavioral changes that lead to differential outcomes when the gender …
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The gender pay gap of 21 percent in Germany is partly due to the fact that men and women work in different occupations … across occupations. In particular, there is a substantial gender pay gap in occupations with non-linear earnings, i … positions exhibit a larger gender pay gap. Occupations at public companies tend to have smaller pay gaps. Changes in the …
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The perception of women's statutory place within organizations has been influenced by gender bias, which has led to … discrimination. Lowering barriers related to gender inequality and introducing constructive changes takes a surprisingly long time …. A deeper understanding of the interplay between socio-economic factors and gender inequality within organizations can …
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This article studies the extent of occupational gender segregation in Germany and analyzes the influence of … index. We find that the link between the level of segregation and organizational characteristics such as gender …
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