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children. In contrast, 'flow estimates' suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …
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children. In contrast, `flow estimates’ suggest that gender bias in mortality is much larger, is as severe among adults as it …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226886
unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West …
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unintended consequence may be increased within-household gender inequality. We analyse a tenancy registration programme in West …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990880
This paper estimates how previous major pandemic events affected economic and gender inequalities in the short- to … inequality. The results concerning gender inequality are less consistent, but we find some evidence of declining gender equality … among the hardest hit countries, as well as of growing gender gaps in unemployment within the four years after the onset of …
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This paper uses cross-country data to examine the long-term effect of trade openness on the gender gaps in wages …, education, political empowerment and health. Key findings are: trade openness since 1970 reduced the gender gaps in wages and … openness on the gender wage gap remained observable in later years (1980, 1990 and 2000), although it decreased in degree over …
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This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … the "gender pension gap" in Germany is higher than in France and much higher than in Denmark. This ranking is similar to … the ranking in the gender pay gap, where Germany has also the highest gender difference. The authors also investigate …
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The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 was a landmark piece of legislation that prohibited private-sector employers from discriminating against qualified disabled workers. Although the Act is over a quarter-century old, legal scholars have never considered whether the Act has been...
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Registry in Chile. The findings reveal a significant gender gap associated with childbirth, which more than doubles in the … presence of childhood disability: four years after childbirth, the gender gap in employment increases from 15% to 36% when the … child has a disability. Specifically, childhood disability leads to parental specialization, creating an intra-gender gap …
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This paper attempts to explain the happiness gap between men and women using health perception difference. Results show that health perception disparity can be a determinant factor of happiness disparity. The study uses body mass index (BMI) as an instrumental variable (IV) to eliminate the...
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