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Limited access to safe transportation is one of the greatest challenges to labor force participation faced by women in developing countries. This paper quantifies the causal impacts of improved urban transport systems in women´s employment outcomes, looking at Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and...
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mechanization with regard to time-use during land preparation, which leads to gender differentiation; for households using manual … negative effects on children were found. The study debunks some myths related to gender roles in African smallholder … agriculture, opens the field to more studies on technology adoption and time-use and suggests that gender roles are changing with …
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farming periods, results are more mixed. Gender differences are noteworthy throughout, with men mostly having higher physical …
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In this paper we analyse the impact of foreign aid on gender outcomes and attitudes. We do this by matching geocoded …
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We study gender differences in bilateral bargaining using an artefactual field experiment in rural Uganda, through … variation in gender composition of bargaining pairs and in disclosure of identities. Disagreement is common independently of … mechanisms that induce gender inequality in resource access. …
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Occupational segregation significantly contributes to the earnings gender gap worldwide. We look at differences in …
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The way property rights affect land rental market behaviour is one of the key issues in development economics. In this paper we show the relationship between land use certificates and the compensation landlords receive when they lease out land to their relatives. We find that female-headed...
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Rwanda is one of the countries with the best strategies for women empowerment and gender equality in Africa and … globally. Nonetheless, some inequalities exist especially in education attainment. This study investigates the gender gaps in …-owned enterprises. The results are corroborated by propensity score matching estimates, implying that the estimated gender productivity …
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has traditionally been a male domain, higher income from this activity might increase gender disparities. In addition …, gender-related inefficiency in household production might undermine the positive impact of improved incentives. Using data …
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documents and analyses this seeming puzzle. The religion gap in survival is much larger than the gender gap but, in contrast to … the gender gap, it has not received much political or academic attention. A decomposition of the survival differential …
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