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Civil war peace agreements and gender inclusion
Olson Lounsbery, Marie; Gerring, Nicole; Rose, Kaitlyn - In: Defence and peace economics 35 (2024) 1, pp. 86-108
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Investigating the "curious" case of civil war and foreign direct investment : evidence from Sudan
Maher, David - In: Review of international political economy 30 (2023) 4, pp. 1510-1534
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The rise of monogamy
Çitçi, Sadettin Haluk - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 4, pp. 377-397
Why has polygyny, marriage of a man to multiple women, common in most societies throughout history, almost disappeared … at the later stage of the transition from polygyny to monogamy, the spread of human capital and the increase of labor … the economic advantages provided by polygynous unions. This, in turn, reduces polygyny by increasing the cost of …
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Spousal control and intra-household decision making: an experimental study in the Philippines
Ashraf, Nava - In: The American economic review 99 (2009) 4, pp. 1245-1277
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Human capital effects of marriage payments : investing in femal human capital can reduce brideprice and dowry practices and increase welfare
Anderson, Siwan - 2014
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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Should common law marriage be abolished? : the availability of common law marriage may affect couple formation, labor supply, and the decision to have children
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2016
In addition to regular marriage, Australia, Brazil, and 11 US states recognize common law (or de facto) marriage, which allows one or both cohabiting partners to claim, under certain conditions, that an informal union is a marriage. France and some other countries also have several types of...
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Bei der Erwerbstätigkeit der Frauen liegt Ostdeutschland vorn
Holst, Elke; Wieber, Anna - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 81 (2014) 40, pp. 967-975
Auch fast ein Vierteljahrhundert nach dem Mauerfall liegt die Erwerbstätigkeit von Frauen in Ostdeutschland immer noch höher als in Westdeutschland. Der Abstand ist heute allerdings gering. Gestartet sind die beiden Regionen von höchst unterschiedlichen Niveaus. Im Westen lag die...
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Equal pay legislation and the gender wage gap : despite major efforts at equal pay legislation, gender pay inequality still exists in the developed economies : how can this be put...
Polachek, Solomon W. - 2014
Despite equal pay legislation dating back 50 years, American women still earn 22% less than their male counterparts. In the UK, with its Equal Pay Act of 1970, and France, which legislated in 1972, the gap is 21% and 17% respectively, and in Australia it remains around 17%. Interestingly, the...
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Common law marriage and couple formation
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana; Vernon, Victoria - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-26
The Current Population Survey is used to investigate effects of Common Law Marriage (CLM) on whether young US-born adults live in couples in the US CLM effects are identified through cross-state and time variation, as some states repealed CLM over the period examined. Analysis based on Gary...
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Factors affecting Syrian female researchers' experience during crisis : inductive approach
Dalati, Serene - In: Business, mangagement and economics engineering : BMEE 19 (2021) 1, pp. 91-110
Purpose - The purpose of this research is to explore factors influencing Syrian female academic researchers’ experience in academic research in the field of business and economics studies. Research Methodology - The research methodology follows a qualitative approach. The methodology is based...
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