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Do labor statistics depend on how and to whom the questions are asked? Results from a survey experiment in Tanzania

Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen; Dillon, Andrew; … - 2010

survey experiment in Tanzania that varied two key dimensions: the level of detail of the questions and the type of respondent … subject playing an important role, while gender and educational differences seem less important. …

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Explaining variation in child labor statistics

Dillon, Andrew; Bardasi, Elena; Beegle, Kathleen; … - 2010

randomized survey experiment in Tanzania focusing on two survey aspects: different questionnaire design to classify children work …

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Migration, transfers and child labor

Dimova, Ralitza; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2011

's working hours. Analysis using Living Standards Measurement Survey (LSMS) data on the Kagera region in Tanzania lend support to …

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Property Rights and Gender Bias: Evidence from Land Reform in West Bengal

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Chakravarty, Abhishek; Mookherjee, Dilip - 2016

unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West …

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Tournament incentives in the field: gender differences in the workplace

Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert; Sol, Joeri; Verbeke, Willem - 2009

growth, but only in stores where the store's manager and a large fraction of the employees have the same gender. Remarkably …

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The Indian ultrasound paradox

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Rosenblum, Daniel - 2012

The liberalization of the Indian economy in the 1990s made prenatal ultrasound technology affordable and available to a large fraction of the population. As a result, ultrasound use amongst pregnant women rose dramatically in many parts of India. This paper provides evidence on the consequences...

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Do employers discriminate by gender? A field experiment in female-dominated occupations

Booth, Alison L.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely …

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Distributive Justice and CEO Compensation

Jasso, Guillermina; Meyersson Milgrom, Eva M. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

This paper develops a framework for studying individuals ideas about what constitutes justcompensation for chief executive officers (CEOs) and reports estimates of just CEO pay andthe principles guiding ideas of justice. The sample consists of students pursuing a Master ofBusiness Administration...

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Inequalities Within Couples: Market Incomesand the Role of Taxes and Benefits in Europe

Figari, Francesco; Immervoll, Herwig; Levy, Horacio; … - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

explicitly gender-biased in a discriminatory sense, it is well recognisedthat they have significant gender effects. To the extent …

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Occupational Gender Composition and Wages inRomania: From Planned Equality to Market Inequality?

Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007

In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for morethan 40 years, providing equal … access to education and employment, and restricting paydifferentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the …

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