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Age patterns of racial/ethnic/nativity differences in disability and physical functioning in the United States

Melvin, Jennifer; Hummer, Robert; Elo, Irma; Mehta, Neil - In: Demographic Research 31 (2014) 17, pp. 497-510

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Chowdhury, Subhasish M.; Jeon, Joo Young - School of Economics, University of East Anglia - 2013

altruistic behavior as well as anticipation about the same may differ across gender and across income levels. We study altruistic … behavior and the corresponding anticipation under a pure income effect with a focus on gender. In a dictator game we vary the …

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The Labour Market Prospects for Pakistani and Bangladeshi Women

Dale, Angela; Fieldhouse, E.; Shaheen, Nusrat; Kalra, … - In: Work, Employment & Society 16 (2002) 1, pp. 5-25

This paper examines change and diversity in the lives of Pakistani and Bangladeshi women using qualitative interviews based in Oldham and secondary analysis of the Fourth National Ethnic Minority Survey. There was clear evidence of change across generations. Most of the older women had not been...

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Gender in the UK architectural profession: (re)producing and challenging hegemonic masculinity

Sang, Katherine JC; Dainty, Andrew RJ; Ison, Stephen G - In: Work, Employment & Society 28 (2014) 2, pp. 247-264

gender perspective. This article examines how gender is (re)produced in architecture, a profession that remains strangely …. However, whereas women perform their gender in ways which reproduce such gendered norms, white, heterosexual, middle class men …

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ESSENTIALS OF ADVERTISING COMMUNICATION

POP, Anisoara; DREDETIANU, Mirela - In: Academica Science Journal, Economica Series 1 (2014) 4, pp. 17-23

domestic or international market. Moreover, intercultural elements and gender issues need careful consideration if blunders are …

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The Role of Genetic Diversity in Ensuring Food Security in South Asia

Sahai, Suman - In: South Asian Survey 17 (2010) 1, pp. 111-129

Genetic diversity in the field is the key to long-term sustainable food production. In agriculture and forestry, genetic diversity can enhance production in all agricultural and ecosystem zones. Genetic erosion is the loss of genetic diversity, which is being caused not just at the level of...

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Mental and physical health: re-assessing the relationship with employment propensity

Pacheco, Gail; Page, Dom; Webber, Don J - In: Work, Employment & Society 28 (2014) 3, pp. 407-429

separate pathways. Additional empirical analysis highlights gender and ethnicity divides. It is also found that mental health …

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Monitoring progress towards gender-equitable poverty alleviation

Baruah, Bipasha - In: Progress in Development Studies 9 (2009) 3, pp. 171-186

This article contributes towards unpacking the relationships between gender, poverty and inequality at several … interrelated levels. It explores the concept of poverty as a useful starting point not only for understanding how gender fits into … it, but also for understanding why gender is not reducible to poverty. It provides a brief history of how poverty came to …

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Elasticidad intertemporal y no compensada de la oferta laboral. Evidencia para el caso uruguayo.

Espino, Alma; Leites, Martin; Machado, Alina; Isabella, … - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias … - 2012

This research estimates the impact of wages onlabor supply decision in Uruguay considering the extensive and intensive margins, with particular emphasis on female supply. We used the specifications and econometric techniques proposed in Blundel and MaCurdy (1999) and Pencavel (2002) toestimate...

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Gender and motives for accountancy

Nishiyama, Yasuo; Camillo, Angelo A; Jinkens, Robert C - In: Journal of Applied Accounting Research 15 (2014), pp. 175-196

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether some motives for the choice of an accounting career, disproportionately stronger among women than among men, explain disproportionately more women (60 percent) than men (40 percent) in the accounting profession....

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