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The impact of sex ratios before marriage on household saving in two Asian countries : the competitive saving motive revisited

Horioka, Charles; Terada Hagiwara, Akiko - 2016

This paper estimates a household saving rate equation for India and the Republic of Korea using longterm time series data for the 1975-2010 period, focusing in particular on the impact of the premarital sex ratio on the household saving rate. To summarize the main findings of the paper, it finds...

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The competitive saving motive : concept, evidence, and implications

Wei, Shang-jin; Zhang, Xiaobo - 2015

imbalances tend to correspond with higher savings rates; (ii) household-level evidence suggest that: (a) families with unmarried … sons in rural regions with more skewed sex ratios tend to have higher savings rates, while savings rates of families with … unmarried daughters appear uncorrelated with gender imbalances; and (b) savings rates of families in cities tend to rise with …

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Do women receive worse financial advice? : an audit study in Hong Kong, China

Bhattacharya, Utpal; Kumar, Amit; Visaria, Sujata; … - 2023

We arranged for trained undercover men and women to pose as potential clients and visit all 65 local financial advisory firms in Hong Kong, China. At financial planning firms, but not at securities firms, women were more likely than men to receive advice to buy only individual or only local...

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A model of gender inequality and economic growth

Kim, Jinyoung; Lee, Jong-Wha; Shin, Kwanho - 2016

This paper introduces a model of gender inequality and economic growth that focuses on the determination of women's time allocation among market production, home production, child rearing, and child education. The theoretical model is based on Agénor (2012), but differs in several important...

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Impact of gender inequality on the Republic of Korea's long-term economic growth : an application of the theoretical model of gender inequality and economic growth

Kim, Jinyoung; Lee, Jong-Wha; Shin, Kwanho - 2016

This paper presents a theoretical model that can analyze the impact of gender inequality on long-term economic growth. The model is calibrated to fit to Korean data. We find that gender equality policies that lower discrimination in the labor market or that increase the time spent by a father on...

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Female labor force participation in Asia : Indonesia country study

Schaner, Simone; Das, Smita - 2016

This paper uses over 20 years of data from Indonesia's labor force survey to study trends in female labor force participation (FLFP). We find that younger women in urban areas have increased their labor force participation in recent years, largely through wage employment, while younger women in...

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Women's asset ownership : evidence from Georgia; Mongolia; and Cavite, Philippines

Joshi, Kaushal; Swaminathan, Hema; Martinez, Arturo; … - 2019

Since the implementation of the Millennium Development Goals, significant global progress has been achieved in promoting gender equality in education and health. However, progress has not been as remarkable in advancing women’s rights on asset ownership and control, which is critical for...

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Gender pay gap : a macro perspective

Terada Hagiwara, Akiko; Camingue-Romance, Shiela F.; … - 2018

This paper examines the factors influencing the gender wage gap by using an unbalanced crosscountry aggregated panel data set for a sample covering 53 economies for the period 1995-2010. Using robust estimators proposed by Lewbel (2012) to correct for heterogeneity and endogeneity, results...

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Expected work experience : a new human capital measure

Zveglich, Joseph E.; Rodgers, Yana van der Meulen; … - 2019

Work experience is a key variable in earnings function estimates and wage gap decompositions. Because data on actual work experience are rare, studies commonly use proxies, such as potential experience. But potential experience is identical for all individuals of the same age and level of...

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Women's land title ownership and empowerment : evidence from India

Valera, Harold Glenn A.; Yamano, Takashi; Puskur, Ranjitha - 2018

This paper examines how women's participation in family decision-making is affected by land rights in rural areas in India. The 2005 Hindu Succession Act was legislated to protect women's rights to an equal share in ancestral property, including land. Using a unique rural household survey from...

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