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In this paper, we examine whether the causes and patterns of Mexican rural female migration differ significantly from rural male migration. A number of hypotheses are discussed to explain why female migration may differ from male migration, with a particular emphasis on the role of migrant...
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positive effect on marital fertility at ages 21–39 and that highly educated women postpone fertility and have a higher labour …
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although prison is associated with declining employment rates during the quarters leading up to women's incarcerations, it does … not appear to harm their employment prospects later on. In the short-term, we estimate that women's post-prison employment … fall back to pre-prison levels. But for some groups of women, including those with four or more children, those who served …
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quickly, and has leveled off recently. Central to this dramatic rise has been the entry of women with young children. We argue … that this S-shaped dynamic came from generations of women learning about the relative importance of nature (endowed ability … parents, by observing others' outcomes. When few women participate in the labor force, most outcomes are uninformative about …
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This paper analyzes poverty-affected females in the Amhara region of Ethiopia. As the measurement of poverty, the paper uses body mass index (BMI) because it is one of the effective tools for measuring individual poverty level. The results of the BMI analysis show that the most poverty-affected...
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corroborated in Lomé, where women are likely to consider work as a legitimate alternative to their role as a mother or spouse … Dakar working does not seem to hinder family formation. Greater involvement of women in the labour force is not the main …
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If women have different economic preferences than men, then female economic and political empowerment is likely to … of women's vote on budget deficits in a differences-in-differences regression for Swiss cantonal panel data, we find that … including women in the electorate reduces average per capita budget deficits by a statistically significant amount. …
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employment outcomes for women. SPC also serves as a new vehicle for conceptualizing the influence of industry on equal employment …
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