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in existing surveys that frustrate a more nuanced inquiry into employment and fertility outcomes. Analysts and … questions that elicit retrospective histories of contraception and fertility for similar approaches to employment history, job …This article examines the connections between women's reproductive health, care responsibilities, and the quality of …
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This paper examines the extent to which the Great Recession affected gender composition at birth. We focus on ethnic minorities in the US known for a son preference - Chinese, Indians, and Koreans. Using the DID method, we find that in response to the Great Recession, the fraction of newborn...
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headship and raised fertility. In light of the substantial increase in immigration, we examine this question separately for … lower fertility. Thus, by the 2008-2013 period, any apparent son preference among natives in their fertility decisions …, we do find a positive fertility effect, suggesting son preference in fertility among this group. This interpretation is …
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WTO has been focusing on women with the aim of building their capacity to trade and using trade as a tool for their … Declaration on Trade and Women's Economic Empowerment which identified Aid for Trade as a key instrument to assist members in … "analysing, designing and implementing more gender-responsive trade policies". Three key facts on women's economic empowerment …
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This paper looks at the various trade policies WTO Members have put into place to foster women's economic empowerment … them have reported at least one trade policy targeting women's economic empowerment. Overall, in four years, almost half of … the WTO membership has implemented trade policies in support of women (at least one). Most (about 70%) of the WTO Members2 …
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This article argues that a systematic integration of gender into labor economics courses based on standard textbooks is both beneficial and straightforward. An undergraduate course in labor economics presents an ideal opportunity to introduce students to the importance of gender differences in...
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, using an online sample of approximately 1,500 Prolific respondents residents in the UK. We find that women's mental health … was worse than men's along the four metrics we collected data on, that women were more concerned about getting and … spreading the virus, and that women perceived the virus as more prevalent and lethal than men did. Women were also more likely …
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regards to age, sex and ethnicity. We find that women's mental health is worse than men's along the four metrics we collected … data on, that women are more concerned about getting and spreading the virus, and that women perceive the virus as more … prevalent and lethal than men do. Women are also more likely to expect a new lockdown or virus outbreak by the end of 2020, and …
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sub-Saharan Africa to show that more liberal abortion policies are associated with a higher female secondary school … ; abortion ; fertility ; human capital ; economic growth …
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