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The practice of women eating after men is a common gender-inequitable food allocation mechanism that has been … prevalent among children is scarce in the literature. Using primary data from a household survey in four Indian states, we … boys. We also identify some crucial household correlates of the practice. Our results indicate that Scheduled Tribes and …
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We present a theoretical explanation of the gender wage gap which turns on the interaction between men and women in … industry of workers and does so in a competitive labor market where there exist no inherent gender differences. We test our …
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Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting …
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Traditional gender norms that assume gendered household resource allocation are persistent. What happens when society …-wide gender norms begin to change by the media influence? Collecting all feminism-related newspaper articles in the past 10 years … media's impact from nationally common trends toward gender equality. We provide evidence that an explosive increase in …
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considerably larger shares of the gender wage gap than does the standard decomposition. …
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This article explores the gender gap in time allocation in Europe, offering up-to-date statistics and information on … individuals devote to paid work, unpaid work, and child care, and the gender gaps in these activities, but most research refers to … single countries, and general patterns are rarely explored. Cross-country evidence on gender gaps in paid work, unpaid work …
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equally, and income ranking is more important than gender in defining household roles, with higher earners more likely to have …This paper studies how gender and income dynamics influence the division of responsibility in two-adult households for … when they are the primary earner, are much more likely than men to have the major responsibility for household shopping and …
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An emerging literature highlights the importance of empowering women. Female decision-making power is typically measured by surveying only one partner, but the few studies surveying both have documented large differences in perceptions. We analyze these perceptions and their consequences, using...
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household surveys, we find that in Italy - the country with highly asymmetric gender role prescriptions - women's risk … stock market, aiming to disentangle the different channels playing a role in this decision. Gender role asymmetry is … indicated by the country's rank in the gender equality index of the World Economic Forum. Using data from four national …
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outearns her partner. This misreporting is best explained by the role of gender norms in individuals' self-portrayals and self-perception. …
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