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Three essays in economic demography
Boggess, William Scott - 1994
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000915916
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A post bellum paradox : net nutrition variation by socioeconomic status, gender and race in the late 19th century
Carson, Scott Alan - 2024
When traditional measures for material conditions are scarce or unreliable, body mass, height, and weight are complements to standard income and wealth measures. A persistent question in welfare studies is the 19th century's 2nd and 3rd quarter's stature diminution, a pattern known as the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014456346
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Conspicuous consumption and race : evidence from South Africa
Kaus, Wolfhard - 2010
A century ago, Thorstein Veblen introduced socially contingent consumption into the economic literature. This paper complements the scarce empirical literature by testing his conjecture on South African household data and finds that Black and Coloured households spend relatively more on visible...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003948056
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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of increases in students with limited English on native students' performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013
achievement level lead us to explore in this paper whether the increased immigration has differential effects by gender and race …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229481
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Relative status and satisfaction
Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic status, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and income rank as an indicator of status. The results show that children appear to compare their actual economic status with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894168
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Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices : are there gender differences in Ghana?
Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla; Turkson, Festus Ebo; … - 2021
that of fathers. In terms of gender differences, there is the evidence of a dependency burden in the occupational choice of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509582
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Late 19th and early 20th century urban net nutrition by gender and race
Carson, Scott Alan - 2023
lower weights than rural residents. Urban net nutrition varied by race, and urban whites and blacks had lower BMIs, shorter …
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The strength of gender norms and gender-stereotypical occupational aspirations among adolescents
Kuhn, Andreas; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2018
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The strength of gender norms and gender-stereotypical occupational aspirations among adolescents
Kuhn, Andreas; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2019
We empirically test the hypothesis that adolescents' occupational aspirations are more gender-stereotypical if they … live in regions where the societal norm towards gender equality is weaker. For our analysis, we combine rich survey data … describing a sample of 1,434 Swiss adolescents in 8th grade with municipal voting results dealing with gender equality and policy …
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Sex, race, and job satisfaction among highly educated workers
Hersch, Joni; Xiao, Jean - 2015
satisfaction differs by race or ethnicity. We use data from the 2010 National Survey of College Graduates to examine the relation … between job satisfaction and race and ethnicity among Asian, black, Hispanic/Latino, and white workers. Overall job …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011346636