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Men: male-biased sex ratios and masculinity norms : evidence from Australia's colonial past

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The Mincer human capital model in Pakistan: Implications for educational policy

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Change in the gender division of domestic work after mummy or daddy took leave : an examination of alternative explanations

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Expanding social protection in developing countries : a gender perspective

Antonopoulos, Rania - 2013

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Does it pay to be a woman? : labour demand effects of maternity-related job protection and replacement incomes

Scheubel, Beatrice - 2014

In countries with strong employment protection laws it is often considered to be unwise to hire a woman in childbearing age because she might get pregnant. However, such labour demand e ects of job protection measures related to maternity leave are often rather anecdotal. To provide analytical...

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Expanding Social Protection in Developing Countries : A Gender Perspective

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Title IX and the Allocation of Resources to Women's and Men's Sports

Farmer, Amy - 2009

As a result of Title IX, there has been a large increase in participation of women in college sports, while men's participation has remained roughly constant. Using a standard contest success function, we analyze the resource allocation decision between women's and men's sports before and after...

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