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Although there are numerous studies of the dowry phenomenon in India, research pertaining to the custom in the rest of South Asia is sparse.The aim of this paper is to study dowry payments in Pakistan.Several interpretations for dowry are distinguished using a simple theoretical framework and...
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to show that own-gender preferences affect both credit supply and demand. Borrowers matched to officers of the opposite … gender are less likely to return for a second loan. The effect is larger when officers have little prior exposure to … borrowers of the other gender and when they have more discretion to act on their gender beliefs, as proxied by financial market …
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Using fixed effects ordered logit estimation, we investigate the relationship between part-time work and working hours satisfaction; job satisfaction; and life satisfaction. We account for interdependence within the family using data on partnered men and women from the British Household Panel...
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We analyze gender differences associated with loan officer performance. Using a unique data set for a commercial bank … monitoring, as loan officers of different gender do not seem to screen borrowers differently based on observable borrower … characteristics. This suggests that gender indeed matters in banking. …
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This paper investigates individual motives to participate in rotating savings and credit associations (roscas).Detailed evidence from roscas in a Kenyan slum (Nairobi) suggests that most roscas are predominantly composed of women, particularly those living in a couple and earning an independent...
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to explain the gender differences in participation?”. In this paper, the controversy between political participation of … main-stream and gender-oriented research is discussed critically. In addition, (potential) syn-ergy effects that combine … both mainstream and gender-oriented research are presented. …
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This study focuses on gender-specific determinants of remittances in Germany. The conceptual approach considers gender … of naturalized German citizens, gender differences in the amount of remittances disappear. This can be explained by the …
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Economic research on the determinants of gender differences in economic outcomes particularly in income and consumption … lack of individual-level data. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) we find a significant ‘raw’ gender wealth gap …
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Forschungsarbeiten stellen immer wieder fest, dass Frauen im Allgemeinen und Unternehmerinnen im Besonderen weniger innovativ sind als ihre männlichen Pendants. Häufig wird dies auch in Verbindung mit einer schwächeren Unternehmensentwicklung weiblich geführter Unternehmen gebracht. Die...
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von Bedeutung: Die Note der Hochschulzugangsberechtigung, das Alter und Geschlecht des Studierenden, die Entscheidungen … Zugangsberechtigung sind mit besseren Studienabschlussnoten verbunden. Zweitens existiert kein Zusammenhang von Alter oder Geschlecht des …: First, high school records are good predictors of university grades. Second, age and gender do not influence students grade …
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