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This paper provides an analysis of local development, to deepen understanding of characteristics and behavior of women …, Miraflores, and La Ribera. We also identify investment opportunities that promote the entrepreneurial activity of women in that … administer a questionnaire to a representative sample of women from the study area. The results allow us to diagnose the woman …
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agriculture. Further, greater participation of women in agriculture significantly contributes to female autonomy in farm decision …
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-farm jobs are self-employed activities in small informal businesses. More lucrative formal employment opportunities are rare and … employment than females. Furthermore, individual social networks and access to road and market infrastructure increase the … likelihood of off-farm employment. These results emphasize the policy need to acknowledge the important role of rural off …
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We study gender differences in bilateral bargaining using an artefactual field experiment in rural Uganda, through … variation in gender composition of bargaining pairs and in disclosure of identities. Disagreement is common independently of …, women tend to demand less than men in the same situation. The influence of beliefs on demands is stronger for men than for …
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We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities … of college education. Women outnumbered men in young rural-urban migrants in the early 2000s, but the surplus of young … women has recently disappeared. We propose that the temporary nature of migration and an earlier return time relative to men …
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This Article argues that a more grounded and nuanced understanding of women's lived realities requires legal scholars … to engage geography. Because spatial aspects of women's lives implicate inequality and moral agency, they have direct … women …
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. Factors determining labour supply decisions of women are different from those of men. Interconnectedness of female employment …The paper has presented an empirical picture of inequalities, both within and outside the labour market for women, from … gender relations emerging within the framework of overlapping social stratification in rural India. Analysis is based on …
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We study how the migration decision of young women in rural China is shaped by the return arrangement and opportunities … of college education. Women outnumbered men in young rural-urban migrants in the early 2000s, but the surplus of young … women has recently disappeared. We propose that the temporary nature of migration and an earlier return time relative to men …
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