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framework to explore if reductions in benefit income led to a sub-optimal consumption bundle, resulting in lower in mental …
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systems. In this study, we ask if high-stakes testing affects school-related stress among students and if there are gender … that high-stakes testing increases the gender gap in school-related stress. The results are robust to a range of …
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losses for females. While gender differences in employment arise from females' high skill employment losses, becoming …
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implications for the social costs of climate change. We assess the unequal impact of temperature shocks across gender and age … regional income and job opportunities, and on cold days, by decreasing the consumption of spirits. …
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This study quantifies gender-specific differences in retirement income in Germany, Denmark, and France. We show that … gender-specific differences in health, i.e. the so-called "gender health gap", in the same age group. Self-assessed general … the "gender pension gap" in Germany is higher than in France and much higher than in Denmark. This ranking is similar to …
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Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9 to 12% decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8 to 11% increase in skilled birth attendance...
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Raising women's political participation leads to faster maternal mortality decline. We estimate that the introduction of quotas for women in parliament results in a 9-12 per cent decline in maternal mortality. In terms of mechanisms, it also leads to an 8-11 per cent increase in skilled birth...
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Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...
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Women in developing countries face challenges in terms of managing their menstrual hygiene. Oftentimes they do not possess the right means nor materials nor have access to the right facilities. Using a newly released dataset for Burkina Faso and propensity score matching, we provide for the...
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