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This paper uses sex-disaggregated survey data at the plot level to test whether there are systematic gender differences … find gender differences in the adoption pattern for some SIPs. Compared to male plot mangers, female managers are less … inequalities and barriers for female farmers. However, we find no gender differences in the adoption of soil and water conservation …
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unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: women appear to gain less from negotiation …
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increased literacy by 62%, enhanced income by 36%, and reduced health costs by 26%. Evidence suggests that a gender …
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Using the longitudinal household panel data drawn from rural Tanzania (1991–2004), this study investigates impacts of the land reform on women’s marriage-motivated relocation. During the period under study, several villages that initially banned a widow’s land inheritance abolished this...
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Gender stereotypes and gender-discriminant behaviors have been shown to have strong and undesirable organizational … financial misstatements and audits when auditors and issuers are of known gender. To investigate these aspects of sexism at zero … anticipated interaction behaviors and then a series of strategic-communication game decisions in same, other, and unknown gender …
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We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the selection issues present in other studies on single-sex...
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. Using registry data on the whole population we address gender differences in the propensity to become an entrepreneur. We do … business, which represents a bigger investment decision than mere self-employment. Moreover, we find that gender differences …
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We report evidence from a laboratory experiment comparing contributions in public good games played as individuals to contributions made as group representatives. We find that women alter their behaviour more than men. The change is in an out-group friendly direction: while men’s contributions...
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This study explores gendered lending and marketing practices of start-up capital to women entrepreneurs in South Africa. A multi-method research design, comprising of 6 in-depth interviews with experts, and a survey of 50 women entrepreneurs was adopted using convenience and snowball sampling...
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