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Does the existing evidence support policies that foster growth by reducing gender inequality? We argue that the … studies that shed light on the mechanisms through which gender inequality affects development and growth are needed to inform …
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The lives of girls and women in developing countries have improved dramatically over the past quarter of a century. Female life expectancy at birth has increased dramatically to reach 71 years globally in 2007. Literacy rates have risen and in a third of developing countries there are more girls...
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the racial pay gaps, but none of the gender pay gaps. Random effects models test for race and gender differences in the … attainment would reduce racial pay gaps, whereas equalizing wage returns to education would reduce gender pay disparities …
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Despite the striking reversal of the gender gap in educational attainment and the near–gender parity in math … research that highlights the importance of early encouragement for gender differences in S/E degrees, but our findings also … attest to the high school years as a decisive period for the gender gap, while challenging the focus on college in research …
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Platform work creates a work model that is both a curse and a blessing for vulnerable labour market segments. Based on research on female precarity, the article expects that remote platform work—so‐called crowdwork—could especially attract women who need to combine income and care...
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Has COVID‐19 changed gender‐ and parental‐status‐specific differences in working from home? To answer this question, we … stages of the pandemic (May–August 2020). Regression analyses revealed changes in pre‐pandemic gender‐ and parental …
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Purpose Although essential to social welfare, unpaid domestic and care work is an increasingly scarce resource in modern societies. Despite the growing need, many households refrain from outsourcing their domestic chores to the market. Simultaneously, the household service sector is mostly...
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Since the 1990s, gender quotas have been celebrated for improving women’s equality. Yet their cross-national and … negative—are especially pronounced in democracies but are insignificant in nondemocracies. Limited differences by gender (men …
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Considering gender inequality in time as a resource for political participation and using Wave 5 of the European Social … association; and (3) gender differences in this relationship and occupation-specific patterns. The findings show that both working …
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