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COVID-19, Race, and Gender
Bertocchi, Graziella; Dimico, Arcangelo - 2021
The mounting evidence on the demographics of COVID-19 fatalities points to an overrepresentation of minorities and an underrepresentation of women. Us- ing individual-level, race-disaggregated, and georeferenced death data collected by the Cook County Medical Examiner, we jointly investigate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012492419
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Returns to Education and Female Work Force Participation Nexus: Evidence from India
Kanjilal-Bhaduri, Sanghamitra; Pastore, Francesco - 2018
market participation through gender lens. Results show that women’s education has a U-shaped relationship with paid work …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011780698
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox and Health Convergence
Constant, Amelie F. - 2017
The health status of people is a precious commodity and central to economic, socio-political, and environmental dimensions of any country. Yet it is often the missing statistic in all general statistics, demographics, and presentations about the portrait of immigrants and natives. In this paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011729229
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Adverse Working Conditions and Immigrants' Physical Health and Depression Outcomes. A Longitudinal Study in Greece
Drydakis, Nick - 2021
Τhe study examines whether adverse working conditions for immigrants in Greece bear an association with deteriorated physical health and increased levels of depression during 2018 and 2019. Findings indicate that workers with no written contract of employment, receiving hourly wages lower than...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610280
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Cultural Norms and Women's Health: Implications of the Practice of Menstrual Restrictions in Nepal
Kumar, Rahul; Maity, Bipasha - 2021
the practice of menstrual restrictions in Nepal", World Development Perspectives, Volume 27, 100450. DOI: https …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012598965
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The Impact of Physician-Patient Gender Match on Healthcare Quality: An Experiment in China
Si, Yafei; Chen, Gang; Zhou, Zhongliang; Yip, Winnie; … - 2025
Despite growing evidence of gender disparities in healthcare utilization and health outcomes, there is a lack of … understanding of what may drive such differences. We present novel evidence on the impact of physician-patient gender match on … commitment and costs. The results suggest the potential role of cultural gender norms and physician defensive behavior when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015402370
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English skills, labour market status and earnings of Turkish women
Di Paolo, Antonio; Tansel, Aysit - 2019
In this paper, we investigate the effect of the level of English skills on the labour market outcomes of Turkish women, using data from the Adult Education Survey of 2007. By adopting a bivariate equation framework, we jointly model the effect of English skills on labour market status and,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011966229
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Longer School Schedules, Childcare and the Quality of Mothers’ Employment: Evidence from School Reform in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Lauer, Catalina; … - 2020
Ample empirical evidence has found that access to childcare for preschool children increases mothers’ labor force participation and employment. In this paper, we investigate whether increased childcare for primary school children improves the quality of jobs mothers find by estimating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012205705
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Motherhood and labor market penalty: a study on Indian labor market
Sarkhel, Sukanya; Mukherjee, Anirban - 2020
Labor market penalty associated with motherhood (in short, motherhood penalty) is an important issue related to gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012287458
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Social Barriers to Female Migration: Theory and Evidence from Bangladesh
Amirapu, Amrit; Asadullah, M Niaz; Wahhaj, Zaki - 2020
Traditional gender norms can restrict independent migration by women, thus preventing them from taking advantage of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012302186