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Is unpaid work conducive of well-being? : the case of within-household unpaid work in the Modena District
Addabbo, Tindara; Bilancini, Ennio - In: International journal of happiness and development 2 (2015) 3, pp. 285-301
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Stress reactions cannot explain the gender gap in willingness to compete
Buser, Thomas; Dreber, Anna; Mollerstrom, Johanna - 2015
Women are often less willing than men to compete, even in tasks where there is no gender gap in performance. Also, many … explain the gender gap in competitiveness. Experiment 1 studies whether stress responses (measured with salivary cortisol and … voluntary competition. We find that while the mandatory competition does increase stress levels, there is no gender difference …
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Gender differences in Italian children's capabilities
Addabbo, Tindara; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Maccagnan, Anna - In: Feminist economics 20 (2014) 2, pp. 90-121
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Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices
Sierminska, Eva; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - 2021
/Growth/International and are more likely to specialize in Agricultural/Resource/Environmental Economics. Field-specific gender faculty ratios … and expected relative salaries as well as economics department rankings are significant factors for gender doctoral …
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Gender differences in economics PhD field specializations with correlated choices
Sierminska, Eva; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - 2021
/Growth/International and are more likely to specialize in Agricultural/Resource/Environmental Economics. Field-specific gender faculty ratios … and expected relative salaries as well as economics department rankings are significant factors for gender doctoral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012649363
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Work Experience as a Source of Specification Error in Earnings Models: Implications for Gender Wage Decompositions
Regan, Tracy L.; Oaxaca, Ronald L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We address the bias from using potential vs. actual experience in earnings models. Statistical tests reject the classical errors-in-variable framework. The nature of the measurement error is best viewed as a model misspecification problem. We correct for this by modeling actual experience as a...
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Gender, Stock Market Participation and Financial Literacy
Almenberg, Johan; Dreber, Anna - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 2011
explore the link between the gender gap in stock market participation and financial literacy. Using survey data on a random … the gender gap in stock market participation. We also find that women report being less risk taking than men. This gender …
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Introduction
Addabbo, Tindara; Solinas, Giovanni - In: Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case …
This chapter introduces the essays in the volume starting with analysing the situation of the Italian labour market in terms of the diffusion of non standard work. Together with an analysis of its diffusion the essay discusses the characteristics of workers who are more likely to be in non...
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Balancing Work and Family: New Mothers’ Employment Decisions During Childbearing
Neri, Andrea; Conte, Martina Lo; Casadio, Piero - In: Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case …
In the past decade, several countries, notably France, Spain and Germany, have experienced a joint increase in female participation and fertility, mainly because of national policies aimed at balancing work and family life. In Italy, by contrast, fertility has remained relatively stable (after a...
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A Microeconometric Analysis of Female Labour Force Participation in Italy
Bratti, Massimiliano; Staffolani, Stefano - In: Non-Standard Employment and Quality of Work. The Case …
Microlevel individual data for Italy from the Quarterly Labour Force Survey (Rilevazione Trimestrale delle Forze di Lavoro) are used to undertake a microeconometric analysis of the factors affecting women’s labour force participation. The main research questions are: 1) does the availability...
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