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This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its … evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first focuses on gender differentials in the historical period that … contemporaneous gender gaps in education, from the 1950s to the present day, accounting for several alternative measures of attainment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012130053
This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is … students to the importance of gender differences in economic outcomes. We provide a prototype of such a course, and we show how … gender-aware content and pedagogical tools can complement a course based on a standard textbook or set of articles. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013500572
This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its … evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first focuses on gender differentials in the historical period that … contemporaneous gender gaps in education, from the 1950s to the present day, accounting for several alternative measures of attainment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012179917
This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is … students to the importance of gender differences in economic outcomes. We provide a prototype of such a course, and we show how … gender-aware content and pedagogical tools can complement a course based on a standard textbook or set of articles. We also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296630
We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the … incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Royeconomy setting in which activities …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282736
We use a model of human capital investment and activity choice to explain facts describing gender differentials in the … incorporates gender differences in the level and responsiveness of brawn to nutrition in a Royeconomy setting in which activities … importance of the distribution of brawn. -- Brawn ; health ; schooling ; gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008658474
an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …
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an alternative definition of conflict from a different dataset. Gender differential responses are more negative for lower …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476468
This study explores the long-run effect of the 1981-1993 Punjab Insurgency on the educational attainment of adults who were between ages 6-16 years at the time of the insurgency, using the 2005 India Human Development Survey. We find a substantial and statistically significant negative effect of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013083152
This chapter reviews the growing body of research in economics which concentrates on the education gender gap and its … evolution, over time and across countries. The survey first focuses on gender differentials in the historical period that … contemporaneous gender gaps in education, from the 1950s to the present day, accounting for several alternative measures of attainment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012859756