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particularly high among women. Nevertheless, widespread income reduction was observed both in rural and urban households. This … could worsen the opportunities for women as husbands' control over the household resource is the norm. The paper also finds …
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-segregated. Macro-level policies in turn can have differential effects on men and women. Evidence that gender equality is itself a …
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The perception of women's statutory place within organizations has been influenced by gender bias, which has led to … result in designing better, less biased, more merit-based structures and provide women with better career opportunities …. Countries and organizations promoting gender equality practices prove that women's inclusion in the labor market can be 'cost …
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women's employment. We examine how the forces that underlie this observation play out in developing countries, with a … specific focus on Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa. A force affecting high- and low-income countries alike are … increased childcare needs during school closures; in Nigeria, mothers of school-age children experience the largest declines in …
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responsibility (CSR) interventions in female education programmes in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. A total of 800 rural women … were sampled across the region. The results from the logit model showed that rural women depended on CSR interventions of … MOCs to address some of the logistical and cultural challenges associated with women’s access to post-secondary education …
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On average, women comprise a smaller share of deaths from COVID-19. Variation in the share of COVID-19 deaths for women … hypothesize that women’s participation in the workforce is related to women’s share of COVID-19 deaths. I show that the percent of … the full-time workforce comprised by women is positively related to the percent of female Covid-19 deaths across countries …
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Using novel survey data collected from the states of Kaduna and Edo in Nigeria’s Northern and Southern Regions …
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The inclusion of women into the financial system promotes economic development. However, in Nigeria, women face … disproportionate financial exclusion. The main purpose of this study was to examine the role of financial inclusion in women's economic … empowerment within the Nigerian context. Employing a quantitative approach, the study surveyed Nigerian women in two self …
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This chapter argues that gender equality and economic development are tightly intertwined, and that gender aspects should be an essential consideration for economic development. The chapter starts by developing a conceptual framework explaining how gender equality and economic development...
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In developing economies, a shift to working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic varies substantially. An increase in teleworking days per week ranges from 0.7 to 17.6 percentage points across 10 developing countries covered by an online survey to about 500 respondents per country. An...
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