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Conditional occupational segregation of minorities in the U.S.

Gradín, Carlos - Society for the Study of Economic Inequality - ECINEQ - 2010

In this paper, we use a propensity score-based methodology to analyze the role of demographic and human capital characteristics of minorities in the U.S. in explaining their high occupational segregation with respect to whites. Thus, we measure conditional segregation based on an estimated...

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Family Matters : Gender Affirmation and the Mental Health of Transgender Youth

Campbell, Travis; Mann, Samuel; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen - 2023

youth using data from the United States Transgender Survey. We use retrospective panel data to compare changes in mental … health among transgender youth who initiate social transitions compared to those who initiate social transitions a year later … transgender youth who live in unsupportive families, whereas supportive family environments mitigate, and in some cases, virtually …

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El efecto de la educación en las actitudes de género : evidencia experimental en educación secundaria en El Salvador

Bando Grana, Rosangela; Hidalgo, Nidia; Land, Austin - 2018

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News Narratives About the HPV Vaccine for Adolescent Males

Bennett, Katherine - 2017

The goal of this research was to examine portrayals of gender roles and expectations related to the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine for men and boys in U.S. newspapers within the theoretical framework of feminist theory, feminist media theory, hegemonic masculinity, and heteronormativity....

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Reproductive Justice at Work : Employment Law After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization

Kessler, Laura T. - 2023

In June 2022, in a case called Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, the Supreme Court of the United States overturned Roe v. Wade and Planned Parenthood v. Casey, landmark decisions which held that the U.S. Constitution protected a right to abortion prior to fetal viability. The Court's...

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Equidad en la Diferencia: Políticas para la Movilidad Social de Grupos de Identidad. Misión de Movilidad Social y Equidad

Cárdenas, Juan Camilo; Ñopo, Hugo; Castañeda, Jorge Luis - UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES-CEDE - 2012

Este documento de política se propone (i) documentar la evidencia existente sobre las desigualdades definidas por la pertenencia a un grupo étnico, la identidad sexual o una situación de discapacidad en Colombia, (ii) analizar las mejores prácticas internacionales y nacionales para reducir...

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The lives of intersex people : socio-economic and health disparities in Mexico

Muñoz S., Ercio; Saavedra, Melanie; Sansone, Dario - 2024

This paper reports socio-economic and health outcomes for intersex people in Mexico using data collected between 2021 and 2022. This is the first study relying on a large nationally representative survey including information on sex variations to document substantial negative outcomes for...

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The Lives of Intersex People: Socio-Economic and Health Disparities in Mexico

Muñoz, Ercio A.; Saavedra, Melanie; Sansone, Dario - 2024

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The effects of minimum wages on the health of working teenagers

Averett, Susan; Smith, Julie K.; Yang Wang - 2016

This paper examines the effect of minimum wage increases on the self-reported health of teenage workers. We use a difference-in-differences estimation strategy and data from the Current Population Survey, and disaggregate the sample by race/ethnicity and gender to uncover the differential...

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Social norms and teenage smoking : the dark side of gender equality

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria; Sanz de Galdeano, Anna - 2016

This paper is the first to provide evidence that cultural attitudes towards gender equality affect behaviors with potentially devastating health consequences, and that they do so differently for male and female teenagers. In particular, we show that descending from more gender-equal societies...

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