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Gender differences in the response to decision power and responsibility: Framing effects in a dictator game

Bruttel, Lisa; Stolley, Florian - In: Games 9 (2018) 2, pp. 1-16

This paper studies the effects of two different frames on decisions in a dictator game. Before making their allocation decision, dictators read a short text. Depending on the treatment, the text either emphasizes their decision power and freedom of choice or it stresses their responsibility for...

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Households' saving pattern and behaviour in East Africa

Lotto, Josephat - In: Cogent Business & Management 9 (2022) 1, pp. 1-11

This paper aims at examining the influence of households' demographic characteristics on their savings behavior in the … model of savings behavior. It is concluded from the analysis that the preference of savings motive differs from one country … to another. However, it is shown that education is highly ranked in all countries as the most preferred savings motive …

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Gender differences in work stress, related to organizational conflicts and organizational constrains: An empirical research

Stafyla, Amalia; Kaltsidou, Georgia; Spyridis, Nikolaos - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 91-101

In modern era, stress at workplace is a component of employees' and organizations' daily routine. The current research intends to study the gender differences as far as the ways that stress is witnessed in the workplace is concerned. Participants in this study were 231 Greek adults, employed at...

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Remittances and labor supply in post-conflict Tajikistan

Justino, Patricia; Shemyakina, Olga N. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 1 (2012), pp. 1-28

We analyze the impact of remittances on the labor supply of men and women in post-conflict Tajikistan. Individuals from remittance-receiving households are less likely to participate in the labor market and supply fewer hours when they do. The results are robust to different measures of...

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Gender and Remittances: Evidence from Germany

Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - In: Feminist Economics 18 (2012) 2, pp. 201-229

This study focuses on gender-specific determinants of remittances in Germany. The conceptual approach considers gender roles and naturalization to be crucial in the immigrant's decision to remit. For the empirical investigation, the authors use data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)...

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Has Covid-19 increased gender inequalities in professional advancement? Cross-country evidence on productivity differences between male and female software developers

Hipp, Lena; Konrad, Markus - In: JFR – Journal of Family Research 34 (2022) 1, pp. 134–160

[Objective:] This article analyzed gender differences in professional advancement following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic based on data from open-source software developers in 37 countries [Background:] Men and women may have been affected differently from the social distancing measures...

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Der ungleiche Wert geringqualifizierter Arbeit. Erwerbschancen in der Bau- und Reinigungsbranche

Gonon, Anna; John, Anna - In: Industrielle Beziehungen 28 (2021) 3, pp. 260-282

Fehlende formale Qualifikationen wirken sich negativ auf Erwerbschancen aus, insbesondere für Frauen. Während die Forschung bisher vor allem makrostrukturelle Faktoren beleuchtete, nimmt dieser Beitrag die Mesoebene in den Blick und fragt danach, wie die Erwerbschancen Geringqualifizierter...

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