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In the past decade inclusive growth, that is job-rich growth, has topped the policy agenda in developing countries. This paper investigates how the access to finance affects employment in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Sub-Saharan Africa. It first presents a model where firm...
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arises because women's financial inclusion is likely to disrupt patriarchal beliefs about gender roles, lead to female guilt … underlying cultural norms surrounding gender. …
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organizations, addressing a gap in the literature on gender and leadership. While existing studies often focus on differences … can inform policies aimed at reducing gender-based discrimination and improving organizational diversity and leadership …
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This chapter presents evidence of the challenges faced by women and underrepresented minorities in Economics. It, first, examines the demographics of the economics profession, highlighting significant disparities in representation. Despite some progress, under representation remains prevalent at...
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This study establishes the influence of sex-based grammatical gender on gendered violence. We demonstrate a … are consistent with the theoretical possibility that gendered language activates gender schemata in the minds of speakers …, increasing the salience of gender distinctions and existing gender norms which legitimize gendered violence. …
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orientation or the gender of the applicants, led to the observation that females and gay men faced a significantly lower chance of … that discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender does exist also in online labor markets. Contributions to the …
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with the degree of gender equality. …
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Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender … the global financial crisis had a less negative impact on women than it had on men. Both unadjusted and unexplained gender …
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further deepened existing inequalities along several dimensions, including gender. Increasing gender inequalities in paid and … unpaid work has been a primary outcome of the pandemic and the associated economic crisis. Given the disproportionate gender … of widening the gender inequalities in the labor market. While these outcomes point to the threat that Covid-19 poses at …
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introduction of the law, in a difference-in-differences specifi- cation. We find that the imposition of the gender quota only … characteristics other than gender. …
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