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Engendering the Evidence Base: A Critical Review of the Conceptual and Empirical Foundations of Gender-Responsive Interventions for Girls’ Delinquency

Kerig, Patricia K.; Schindler, Sheryl R. - In: Laws 2 (2013) 3, pp. 244-282

gender differences in the risk factors that are associated with delinquency. Moreover, the call has been made for the … implementation of gender-specific or gender-responsive interventions in order to effectively divert girls from an antisocial course …. However, questions have been raised about three key assumptions underlying the gender-responsive approach to girls involved in …

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Does the Glass Ceiling Exist? A Longitudinal Study of Women’s Progress on French Corporate Boards

Dang, Rey; Nguyen, Duc Khuong; Vo, Linh-Chi - Institut de Préparation à l'Administration et à la … - 2014

In this article, we conduct a longitudinal study of women’s progress on French corporate boards of directors. We particularly focus on the extent to which women directors have circumvented the glass ceiling. Using a sample of SBF 120 companies over a 10-year period from 2000 to 2009, our...

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Corporate Philanthropy and Productivity: Evidence from an Online Real Effort Experiment

Tonin, Mirco; Vlassopoulos, Michael - CESifo - 2014

Contributing to a social cause can be an important driver for workers in the public and non-profit sector as well as in firms that engage in Corporate Philanthropy or other Corporate Social Responsibility policies. This paper compares the effectiveness of social incentives - that take the form...

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Culture, Religiosity and Female Labor Supply

Guner, Duygu; Uysal, Gökce - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Does culture affect female labor supply? In this paper, we address this question using a recent approach to measuring the effects of culture on economic outcomes, i.e. the epidemiological approach. We focus on migrants, who come from different cultures, but who share a common economic and...

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Social protection programs for women in developing countries

Cameron, Lisa A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10

Women are more likely than men to work in the informal sector and to drop out of the labor force for a time, such as after childbirth, and to be impeded by social norms from working in the formal sector. This work pattern undermines productivity, increases women’s vulnerability to income...

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Gender diversity in teams

Azmat, Ghazala - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10

legal mandates. Data on team dynamics and gender differences in preferences (risk-taking behavior, taste for competition …, prosocial behavior) show how gender composition influences group decision-making and subsequent performance through channels …

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Intergenerational Educational Persistence in Europe

Schneebaum, Alyssa; Rumplmaier, Bernhard; Altzinger, … - Vienna University of Economics and Business, Department … - 2014

European countries, studying cross-country and cross-cluster differences in intergenerational mobility; the role of gender in … of Europe. Further, we find evidence of differences in intergenerational persistence by gender, with mothers’ education …

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Capital Acquisition Attitudes: Gender and Experience

Carter, Richard B.; Auken, Howard Van - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 12 (2007) 2, pp. 55-74

In this research we provide evidence on small firm owners' attitudes and approaches to capital acquisition. The most surprising finding is their general dissatisfaction with the capital acquisition process. Yet we found no evidence that this dissatisfaction translates into poor performance. Our...

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The Impact of Human Capital Measures on Firm Performance: A Comparison by Gender, Race and Ethnicity

Coleman, Susan - In: Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance 10 (2005) 2, pp. 38-56

Prior research suggests that firms owned by women and minorities are smaller, less profitable, and less growth-oriented than those owned by white men. Prior research also suggests that firm performance is influenced by the firm owner's level of human capital in the form of education, employment...

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Intra-Household Bargaining Power and HIV Prevention: Empirical Evidence from Married Couples in Rural Malawi

Gerritzen, Berit C. - School of Economics and Political Science, Universität … - 2014

This paper studies the dynamics between intra-household bargaining power and HIV prevention from a systemic perspective, using a panel data set of 500 married couples in rural Malawi from 2004-2008. All information has been matched at the couple level, which allows to directly assess the effect...

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