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Lone Mothers and Paid Work - Rational Economic Man or Gendered Moral Rationalities?

Duncan, Simon; Edwards, Rosalind - In: Feminist Economics 3 (1997) 2, pp. 29-61

In this article we examine the inadequacies of the rational economic man approach for understanding individual economic decision-making, and we suggest an alternative concept which we call ''gendered moral rationalities.'' We carry out this critique in the context of research on lone motherhood...

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JOINT TITLING — A WIN-WIN POLICY? GENDER AND PROPERTY RIGHTS IN URBAN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS IN CHANDIGARH, INDIA

Datta, Namita - In: Feminist Economics 12 (2006) 1-2, pp. 271-298

This article extends the debate on gender and property rights that has previously focused on agricultural land in rural … houses play a valuable role in fulfilling women's practical and strategic gender needs. This increased attachment to the …

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Gender and cooperative behavior: economic man rides alone

Seguino, Stephanie; Stevens, Thomas; Lutz, Mark - In: Feminist Economics 2 (1996) 1, pp. 1-21

paper, we argue that gender may also influence the degree to which humans act in a self-interested versus cooperative manner …, gender, and exposure to economics courses, we find that a key factor affecting the level of cooperation is gender. …

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THE EFFECT OF CAREER BREAKS ON THE WORKING LIVES OF WOMEN

Arun, Shoba; Arun, Thankom; Borooah, Vani - In: Feminist Economics 10 (2004) 1, pp. 65-84

In this paper we examine the effect of career breaks on the working lives of women using survey data from the state of Queensland in Australia. After estimating the income penalty faced by women with career interruptions - according to the duration of, and reasons for, the interruptions - we...

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Women's gender-type occupational mobility in Puerto Rico, 1950 — 80

Presser, Harriet; Yi, Hsiao-ye - In: Feminist Economics 14 (2008) 2, pp. 89-114

Rico Fertility and Family Planning Assessment of 1982, which includes detailed retrospective calendar histories of women … increased for first jobs during this period of economic development, and there was modest cross gender-type mobility among women …

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The Impact of Computer-Assisted Learning on Academic Grades: An Assessment of Students' Perceptions

Mcdowall, Tracey; Jackling, Beverley - In: Accounting Education 15 (2006) 4, pp. 377-389

[such as gender, prior studies of accounting, and computer systems, together with entry background] are incorporated in the … performance than local students. The findings show that gender, prior studies of accounting and computing systems were not …

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Circular migration in Madhya Pradesh: changing patterns and social protection needs

Deshingkar, Priya; Sharma, Pramod; Kumar, Sushil; … - In: The European Journal of Development Research 20 (2008) 4, pp. 612-628

Resurveys in six villages in Madhya Pradesh show that contrary to mainstream perceptions, seasonal/circular migration has become more accumulative for the poor over the last five years as new opportunities in urban areas have reduced the uncertainty of finding work, wages have increased and the...

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Why less? The Gendered Aspects of Small- and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) Ownership under Economic Transition

Aidis, Ruta - Tinbergen Institute - 2002

This paper explores the gendered influence on SME development under economic transition in Lithuania. Previous studies have shown that male and female business owners are more different than similar in terms of personal and business characteristics (Brush 1992). An analysis of 332 SME owners in...

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Outside Entrepreneurial Capital

Cosh, Andy; Cumming, Douglas; Hughes, Alan - ESRC Centre for Business Research - 2005

This paper investigates the internal versus external financing decisions among 1900 early stage privately held UK firms in 1996-1997. We study the factors that affect rejection rates in applications for outside finance among the different types of investors, taking into account the...

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Gender, family situation and the exit event: reassessing the opportunity-costs of business ownership

Justo, Rachida - Área de Entorno Económico, Instituto de Empresa - 2008

capital) may impact the exit decision over and above that accounted for by firm performance. Our research adopts a gender and … family embeddedness perspective to examine the impact that gender and family situation (marital status, number of children …

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