"Production and reproduction in a society, their labour and social order as well as overall social arrangements in the family and employment are based on a more or less explicitly formulated 'social contract'. The particular social contract generally has two components: a 'gender contract' and...

"Production and reproduction in a society, their labour and social order as well as overall social arrangements in the family and employment are based on a more or less explicitly formulated 'social contract'. The particular social contract generally has two components: a 'gender contract' and...

We investigate major conjectures regarding the prevalence of cosmetic surgical procedures and their determinants, using a quantitative multidisciplinary approach and a recent international dataset from the International Society of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons. Cosmetic surgery predominantly...

High quality leader-member relationships (LMX) provide huge opportunities for strategic and organizational benefits (see Graen & Uhl-Bien, 1996; Liden et al., 1997). Despite the many positive effects of high LMXs, one area in need of empirical investigation is evidence of what leads to higher and...

We examined whether gender role in the simultaneous hermaphrodite freshwater snail, Physa acuta, is determined by relative body size in a manner predicted by the size-advantage model. We observed the body-size combinations of pairs in the laboratory by using field-collected populations. Smaller...

This paper investigates the effects of national culture on firm risk-taking, using a comprehensive dataset covering 50,000 firms in 400 industries in 51 countries. Risk-taking is found to be higher for domestic firms in countries with low uncertainty aversion, low tolerance for hierarchical...

The objective of this study is to evaluate the impact of a pilot study that promoted productive and capacity-building activities among deprived rural women of Mexico. The evaluation design is observational; 1,278 women are interviewed, and the comparison group is estimated by propensity score...

Evidence from many countries shows that as societies modernise and women’s status rises, son preference declines. Yet in China the sex ratio at birth has been the highest in the world for over two decades despite rapid modernisation, urbanisation and huge improvements in women’s...

The purpose of this study is to contribute to a greater understanding of the similarities and differences in intrahousehold decision-making patterns between Korea and the Philippines based on survey data targeting married, rice-farming households. We focused on factors influencing intrahousehold...

Covers the period from 1956 to 1992.