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women. Many countries have introduced policies that aim at changing gender stereotypes, for example fathers' quota in …
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Central Asian women and their choices regarding childbearing, employment and education. While anthropological evidence … junior women in their households, empirical studies are scarce. We use Tajikistan 2012 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS …) data to explore the correlation between domestic violence and daughters-in-law's living arrangements. Controlling on …
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patriarchic as well as in modern societies? We experimentally assess men's and women's preferences to compete in a traditional … society where women and men have similar rights and entitlements alongside a patriarchic and a matrilineal society which have … inclination to compete in the gender-balanced society. We also find that women's decisions in our experiment are optimal more …
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have at least one child. By contrast, almost no single women have any children. We then explain these three facts, focusing … marriage rates in the world, but the lowest total fertility; they have the lowest total fertility, but almost all married women … across education: The social norm lowers fertility for highly educated women but increases it for the less educated. Pro …
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In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...
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empowerment of women in host communities. We find positive effects of distant attacks on the economic well-being of women, their … show an increase in the risk that women experience domestic violence. We then examine forced displacement as a channel and …
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