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characteristics that, arguably, should play no role on the determination of wages: gender and ethnicity. This paper analyzes wage gaps … Ñopo (2008). The results indicate ethnic wage gaps that are notably higher than gender wage gaps. Furthermore, ethnic wage …-half of the ethnic wage gaps but only a small fraction of the gender wage gaps. Both gender and ethnic wage gaps are more …
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Despite the policy realm's growing recognition of fiscal devolution in gender development, there have been relatively … few attempts to translate gender commitments into fiscal commitments. This paper aims to engage in this significant debate …, focusing on the plausibility of incorporating gender into financial devolution, with the Thirteenth Finance Commission of India …
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This paper looks at the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), where economies have been most dramatically hit by the global crisis and its impact is likely to be most long-lasting, especially among poor and vulnerable groups. Using...
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, progesterone, and cortisol, the use of hormonal contraceptives, menstrual cycle information as well as the digit ratio (2D:4D) in …
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collected information on the female participants' menstrual cycles. We find that women bid significantly higher than men in …
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participants, we collected information on the female participants' menstrual cycles and the use of hormonal contraceptives. We find …
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of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as work done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the … also need to go beyond standard models to interpret the intrahousehold gender inequities. We do not gain much insight from … concerted move toward sensitization of gender issues and scrutiny entailing a gender audit at every level of activity. This may …
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Using data from the Bicol region of the Phillipines, we examine why women are more educated than men in a rural, agricultural economy in which women are significantly less likely than men to participate in the labor market. We hypothesize that educational homogamy in the marriage market and...
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Access to land and particularly its distribution has reemerged as an important part of both academic and policy discussions in the last decade, leading to the resuscitation of the debate on the relationship between size of holdings and output per land unit. Across the world, studies have...
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This paper uses micro data from Oregon to measure the gender and minority training gaps in apprenticeship training. Its …. Union programs deliver more training than nonunion programs, regardless of gender and race/ethnicity. Prior education level …
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