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more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … face of higher migration costs, only immigrants with relatively high expected benefits of migration will choose to migrate … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older …
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more inhospitable routes. These changes are likely to place a heavier burden on illegal immigrant women as they are more … face of higher migration costs, only immigrants with relatively high expected benefits of migration will choose to migrate … immigrant women from Mexico relative to men as a result of higher migration costs: 1) A decrease in the relative flow of older …
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Why aren't workplaces better designed for women? We show that changing the priorities of those who set workplace … policies can create female-friendly jobs. Starting in 2015, Brazil's largest trade union federation made women central to its … causal effects. We find that "bargaining for women" increases female-centric amenities in collective bargaining agreements …
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In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and … among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra year of schooling is almost zero for men and 3.8 percent for women. The … reasons why the returns on schooling are low and why they are higher for women in our context. In particular, the policy …
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female labour activity and remuneration in rural Afghanistan. In more than half the groups surveyed, women contribute to … embroidery or tailoring) are more frequently practiced by women whose household is in the upper echelons of the village wealth … ladder. Few women participate in agricultural activities, and then mainly among the poorer sections of the community …
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with those of older White British men and women, and with those of older Black British men and women. The study … White British men and women, as well as older Black British men and women, experience occupational access constraints and … Black British men and women. In addition, Black British women experience the highest level of age discrimination. These …
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with those of older White British men and women, and with those of older Black British men and women. The study … White British men and women, as well as older Black British men and women, experience occupational access constraints and … Black British men and women. In addition, Black British women experience the highest level of age discrimination. These …
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This paper explores the effects of a spouse's personality on earnings. We build on the growing literature spanning economics and psychology that investigates how personality traits affect one's own individual earnings. In particular, several of the big five personality characteristics...
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Women typically earn less than men. The reasons are not fully understood. Previous studies argue that this may be … because (i) women 'don't ask' and (ii) the reason they fail to ask is out of concern for the quality of their relationships at …. Using matched employer-employee data from 2013-14, the paper finds that the women-don't-ask account is incorrect. Once an …
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and men. Specifically, we track wages for up to 20 years among women and men born in the years 1960 - 70 who completed a … university degree in business or economics. These women and men have similar wages and earnings at the start of their careers … patterns in wages that we see. Men and women both exhibit greater mobility early in their careers, but there is little gender …
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