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distribution of households according to the share of income earned by the wife, which they attribute to the existence of a gender …
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In this paper we provide first systematic evidence on the gender disparities in the labor market in Swaziland, drawing …
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and therefore improve gender equity in the labour market …
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population. In this context, the gender dimension is crucial for any policies that aim at improving the effectiveness of labour …
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This study uses human capital and gender stratification theory to answer three research questions concerning the … therefore non-precarious employment. Using data from U.S. respondents, findings suggest: a) a “gender” to precarious employment … in that women are more likely to work in low quality job settings; b) gender discrepancies in benefits and union …
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of employers and employees. Yet there is very little evidence that the 'gender pay gap' is the result of unfair …
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Using a cluster randomized control trial, we study the role of women's social networks in improving female labor force participation. In the first treatment arm, a hyper-local digital job search platform service was offered to a randomly selected group of married couples (non-network treatment)...
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relatively high gender gaps at the primary and secondary levels in both years. In 1994, Egypt, Iran, Morocco, Oman and Turkey had … gender gaps that were significantly high in comparison with international experience. These results were found to be … of the low-literacy MENA countries tended to improve for total enrollments and for the gender gap at each school level …
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Though more than 100 countries have adopted gender quotas, the impacts of these reforms on women’s political leadership …
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This article describes the state of gender diversity across technology and geography within the U.S. patent bar. The … findings rely on a new gender-matched dataset, the first public dataset of its kind, not only of all attorneys and agents …, notably the provision of the Leahy-Smith America Invents Act directing the USPTO to study diversity, including gender …
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