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Recipiency of tax or transfer benefits in the United States often depends on marital status, creating complicated incentives that reward marriage for some and penalize it for others. Same-sex couples, who only recently gained the right to marry, now face the same marriage incentives that...
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We study the impact of an increase in women's education on their age at marriage. Exploiting a regression discontinuity for a large-scale school construction program in India, we find that the program increases women's education by 0.3-1 year but decreases their age at marriage by 0.96 years for...
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training programs that accommodate caregiving responsibilities, and policies that address gender gaps in pay …
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issue of gender equality in the workplace. It can be noted that even though equal opportunities between men and women may … exist, discrimination against women is still immanent in the workplace, for example, gender bias, inequalities, and … underrepresentation. Thus, the object of research is the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on gender equality in …
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Using the natural experiment created by France's 2011 board gender-quota law, we find that the presence of women on …
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Significant improvements in board gender diversity have been achieved. Nevertheless, current global trends indicate … gender equity progress is waning (Deloitte, 2022). Growing backlash against workplace diversity and inclusion programs …
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Using linked employer-employee data from Brazil, we document a large gender pay gap due to women working at lower … suggests that amenities are important for both men and women, that compensating differentials explain half of the gender pay … gap, and that there are significant output and welfare gains from eliminating gender differences. However, equal …
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Group 1 metal and chemical industries formed the essential suppliers of British war materials during WW2. Their industrial sectors covered metal manufacture, general and electrical engineering, vehicle production, aircraft production, shipbuilding, metal goods, chemicals and explosives, and...
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trained workforce hinders further feminization. The paper concludes with recommendations for promoting gender equality in …
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paper with an emphasis on differences by gender and differences across regions. Some comparisons between China and India and … gender in any analysis …
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