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ABSTRACT Access to finance is critical for rural non‐farm self‐employment businesses in Southeast Asia, but financial constraints and gender discrimination impede their growth. Existing literature largely overlooks vulnerable groups like rural household businesses.
Chung Thanh Phan +3 more
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Ethnic disparities in out–of–pocket expense on medicines in Peru: Evidence from a nationwide survey
Background: Despite improvements in health insurance coverage, out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending remains a public health issue in Peru, and OOP payment has implications for disease treatment in ethnic minorities.
Jerry K. Benites-Meza +5 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines the role of inherited circumstances in labor market inequality of opportunity in Chile. We estimate their contribution as the change in total inequality after removing their influence. Since this contribution may differ depending on whether it is measured before or after removing the influence of other factors, we use the ...
Carlos Gradín, Gabriela Zapata‐Román
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Discrimination in science: Salaries of foreign and U.S. born land‐grant university scientists
Abstract The dominance of the US innovation and academic system relies heavily on foreign‐born labor for its success. Recent literature has shown evidence of wage gaps in academia based on gender and race; however, little is known about whether a wage gap might exist for foreign‐born faculty.
Jeremy Foltz, Vikas P. D. Gawai
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Migrant-family background and subjective well-being: Evidence using Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition [PDF]
The paper examines the subjective well-being of individuals with migrant-family background and individuals with no migrant-family background. The subjective well-being of the former group is on average lowerthan thelatter group. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositionfinds that thegap in their subjective well-being is not explainedby differences in socioeconomic ...
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Migrants, Refugees and Employer Discrimination
ABSTRACT We investigate the labour market integration of humanitarian and non‐humanitarian migrants in Australia using longitudinal data from the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) surveys.
Liwen Guo, Massimiliano Tani
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Background Examining urban-rural disparity in Chinese adults’ advance care planning (ACP) attitudes is crucial for healthcare decision-making. A comprehensive understanding of contributing factors, especially through decomposition and comparative ...
Xue Wang +5 more
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The Role of Internet Usage on Gender Wage Gap: Evidence From Indonesia
This study analyzes the effect of internet usage on the gender wage gap within Indonesia’s labor market. Using data from the 2022 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), the research employs robust least square regression, quantile regression, and the ...
Martina Nurma Dewi, Arie Damayanti
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Monetary Policy and Government Debt
Abstract We study how the level of government debt affects the effectiveness of monetary policy, that is, the elasticity of economic aggregates to interest rate changes. We build a New Keynesian model where fiscal policy is non‐Ricardian and government debt is risk‐free.
NICOLAS CARAMP, ETHAN FEILICH
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Cultural‐Policy Framework and Mothers' Earnings Penalty: A European Comparison
ABSTRACT This article explores the diversity of cultural and policy contexts in Western European countries and examines their role in explaining the persistent and heterogeneous motherhood penalty. Using harmonized European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU‐SILC) data from 13 countries, the analysis spans 2006 to 2022 and provides ...
Eliane Badaoui, Eleonora Matteazzi
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