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In this paper we present: 1. The available data on comparative gender inequality at the macroeconomic level and 2 …. Gender inequality measures at the microeconomic and case study level. We see that market openness has a significant effect on … the narrowing of the human capital gender gap. Globalization and market openness stand as factors that improve both the …
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In this paper we analyse the reasons behind the evolution of the gender gap and wage inequality in South and East Asian … had as a result the diminution of the gender gap. The main exception to this rule according to our data is China where … economic reforms have been simultaneous to the increase of gender differences and inequality between men and women. This result …
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In this chapter we portray the effects of female education and professional achievement on fertility decline in Spain over the period 1920-1980 (birth cohorts of 1900-1950). A longitudinal econometric approach is used to test the hypothesis that the effects of women’s education in the...
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obtain very different results in the case of developing countries. We identify this gender bias as some of the very …
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This paper deals whit the dynamics of the Catalan textile labour market (the Spanish region that concentrated most of the industrial and factory activity during the 19 Century) and offers hypotheses and results on the impact it had on living standards and fertility levels. We observe the...
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We investigate whether the gender composition of teams affect their economic performance. We study a large business … significantly outperformed by any other gender combination, both at the undergraduate and MBA levels. Looking across the performance … pricing strategies, invest less in R&D, and invest more in social sustainability initiatives, than any other gender …
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born after 1910. Importantly, we allow for cohort-specific differences by gender. Our estimates show that paternal … results are robust to the presence of hereditary unobserved ability and conjecture that both types of gender specialization …
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hierarchy. If women must be like men to break the glass ceiling, we might expect gender differences to disappear among top … male directors differ systematically in their core values and risk attitudes. While certain population gender differences …
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is sex-selective abortions. I find no increase in the sex ratio after the 2010 reform that deregulated abortion during …
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In this paper, we explore the links between pension reform, early retirement, and the use of unemployment as an alternative pathway to retirement. We use a dynamic rational expectations model to analyze the search and retirement behaviour of employed and unemployed workers aged 50 or over. The...
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