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Gender and social mobility : exploring gender attitudes and women's labour force participation
Luke, Nancy - 2019
intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender …. Mothers' egalitarian views and less-restrictive gender norms promote greater labour force participation for daughters and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012161273
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Women’s representation in local politics: Evidence from The Philippines
Valente, Jordan; Moreno, Frede - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
right to vote and the right to stand for election (Ballington & Karam, 2005), gender equality in terms of representation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011110237
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Gender and social mobility: Exploring gender attitudes and women's labour force participation
Luke, Nancy - 2019
intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender …. Mothers' egalitarian views and less-restrictive gender norms promote greater labour force participation for daughters and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012423974
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Gender Mainstreaming in Curricular Planning and Designs, An Approach to Gender Emancipation
Osadare, Joseph Kehinde - 2023
private institutions. In all of them, we find complex problems arising from gender inequality, this underlines the urgency of … educational measures and social interventions that incorporate the gender perspective. The ultimate priority of gender … mainstreaming is to achieve "gender equality, and equity" in our given society. This study described the social developmental needs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014259559
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Intentions, Insincerity, and Prosocial Behavior
Amegashie, J. Atsu - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Consider a world with two people, 1 and 2, where person 1 (the proposer) may offer to help person 2 (the responder). The proposer may be altruistic towards the responder either out of a genuine desire to make her happy or out of guilt. The responder derives disutility from apparent acts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835512
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Measuring social capital with a myograph
Roberto, Censolo; Laila, Craighero; Luciano, Fadiga; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
We study the behavior of 12 pairs of undergraduate students while they were involved in a simple coordination game requiring motor interaction. Three experimental conditions were defined according to whether a monetary prize was given to both or only one subject, if the couple was in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835965
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Vom Camarade Zum Monsieur: Strukturanpassung Und Demokratisierung in Benin
Kohnert, Dirk; Preuss, Hans-Joachim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
The process of political and economic liberalisation in Benin is regarded as a model for the whole of Sub-Saharan Africa. Benin made history by becoming the first African country to overthrow a military dictator by democratic means. The civilian coup d'état cleared the way for economic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836053
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An action plan to assess the current situation of maternal & newborn care at government health facilities in Jharkhand, India
Kumar, Sudesh; Singh, Janet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Maternal and child health care especially safe motherhood services are an important factor in the primary health care and are the responsibility of the government and ministry of health. Consolidating and strengthening health network and quality of primary health care is one of the priority...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836062
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Las circunstancias de un tecnócrata. Miguel Ángel de Quevedo y el fin del Ayuntamiento capitalino
víctor, cuchí espada - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1998
This is the story of Miguel Angel de Quevedo, who pursued a career as an architect and an electric engineer before beeing elected as Mexico City alderman. This essay purporst to examine what might have been the begining of technocracy in late-nineteenth century Mexico.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837476
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Social Obstacles to Technology, Technological Change, and the Economic Growth of African Countries: Some Anecdotal Evidence from Economic History
Amavilah, Voxi Heinrich - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This paper comments on a number of social obstacles to the economic growth and technological change of African economies from the perspective of economic history. Economic history is full of evidence about what held African economies back for years. Some obstacles are of domestic origin such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212577