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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
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This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on … individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and child care, and the gender gaps in these activities, but most research refers to … single countries, and general patterns are rarely explored. Cross-country evidence on gender gaps in paid work, unpaid work …
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indicate that there are hardly significant gender differences in the determinants of self-initiated training while employer …, besides job characteristics, as important factors determining the gender gap in employer-provided training participation …
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There are robust gender differences in the domains of risk taking, overconfidence and competition behavior. However, as … expertise tends to level these differences, we ask whether financial experts still show gender dissimilarities in their domains … that female fund managers tend to behave as expected from gender studies: they are more risk averse and shy away from …
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Since the 2008 Lehman bankruptcy, it is clearly shown that global economic and financial crises present major challenges to private households, requiring from them, a high level of shock absorption capacity. According to the old adage, "Do not put all the eggs in one basket", resilience depends,...
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Over the past 30 years, mutual funds have become the dominant vehicle through which individual investors prepare for retirement via defined contribution plans. Further, money market mutual funds, which hold $2.7 trillion as of September 2013, are now a major part of the cash economy in the U.S....
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accumulation. Many scholars, gender equality advocates, and policymakers have argued for raising women's employment rates - for a …
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, weak ambiguity and strong ambiguity. Our main result is that gender differences may arise in ambiguity frames: women are …
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