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Applied behavioral science has made its mark identifying and correcting for cognitive biases and noise as causes of “irrational” decision-making that lead individuals to act against their self-interest. However, its reliance on surfacing behavioral insights largely through decontextualized...
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This paper considers public employment guarantee programs in the context of South Africa as a means to address the nexus of poverty, unemployment, and unpaid work burdensall factors exacerbated by HIV/AIDS. It further discusses the need for genderinformed public job creation in areas that...
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Domestic violence is a severe social malady and an exploding problem. Also, it is one of the most common but least … domestic violence as 'structural' violence in the family that manifests itself in poverty and unequal access to health …, education etc.Worldwide domestic violence is estimated between 20 to 50 per cent in various countries. Domestic violence is a …
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Violence against women and girls (VAWG) is a widely recognized human rights violation with serious consequences for the … from the circular flow of the economy. The analysis also shows that the loss due to violence is not just a one-off leakage …
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traditional social norms and women's status, in particular, the women's attitude towards violence and incidence of spousal … violence. The study context is the tribes of Meghalaya and neighboring areas, where there is great variation regarding … social norms determine violence against women and under what prevailing norms working women are better-off. …
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Intimate partner violence is a serious form of unfreedom inflicted on women across the world. How does the incidence of … such violence vary with women's workforce participation - a factor that is supposed to enhance their economic well … as endogenous, we find that it is associated with a significantly higher probability of reported spousal violence for …
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The violence against women continues to be a prevalent social problem in Peru. This paper aims to estimate the effects … of mining activity on violence against women, as measured by three variables: psychological, physical, and sexual. In … addition, a total violence variable is considered, the sum of these three types of violence. To do so, we use the Demographic …
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intimate partner violence. Using data from two latest rounds of the DHS surveys, and employing difference … statistically as well as economically significant reduction in severity and forms of violence toward their intimate partner. Our … particular policy has been effective in attaining its intended goal of bringing down violence toward women by their intimate …
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The integration of women into the labour market has gone through both upswings and downturns. In view of this ambivalent result, we can question the efficiency of public policies set up to overcome gender inequality and fight gender discrimination. Does a real will exist, and if so why is it so...
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