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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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economic development. The extent to which these changes persist after migration spells will magnify these consequences. Using … gender norms. …
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This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap … derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable … estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces …
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This is the first global study of how institutionally entrenched gender discrimination affects the gender migration gap … derived from a random utility maximization model of migration that accounts for migrants' gender. Instrumental variable … estimates indicate that increasing gender equality in economic or political rights generally deepens the GMG, i.e., it reduces …
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This paper examines the impact of a child's gender on the time allocation of rural Indian households for the five … girl (i.e., the gender shock) on household behaviour when the household is liquidity constrained and when it is not. The …
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development programs. The model provides a theoretical basis for understanding human recognition, lays the foundation for … empirical study, and offers an example of how non-material components of development can be formally modeled. Key predictions …
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In this paper, we use the Demographic and Health Survey conducted in Mali to compare children in polygynous families and their counterparts in monogamous families. We also analyse the link between the mothers' order of marriage and their children's outcomes. We finally propose a theoretical...
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We investigate how early life circumstances — childhood health and socioeconomic status (SES) — are associated with labor market outcomes over an individual's entire life cycle. A life cycle approach provides insights not only into which labor market outcomes are associated with adverse...
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gender and racial disparities …
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Guided by a theoretical framework, we study how perceived relative income affects preferences for public goods. In a randomized survey experiment, we inform respondents from India of their official income rank and elicit preferences for air quality, including actual contributions to...
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