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Analysis Of the Gender Wage Gap in Maluku Province Using Blinder-Oaxaca Decomposition

JURNAL SOSIAL EKONOMI DAN HUMANIORA, 2022
One of the eighth Sustainable Development Goal targets is to acomplish full and useful employment and decent work for all women and men, incorporating youth and people with incapacities, and equivalent compensation for work of equivalent worth. This study aims to discuss the gender wage gap between females and males in Maluku Province in 2020.
Aulia Sepnawati Putri, Ahmad Munir, Suparman Abdullah   +2 more
openaire   +1 more source

The Evolving Role of 21st Century Municipal Financial Advisors

Public Budgeting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT We describe the evolution of the market for municipal financial advice since the year 2000 and present new empirical facts. Using SEC municipal advisor filings, we show that the number of operating advisors has decreased over time. We document that withdrawals—either exits, reorganizations, or mergers—are concentrated among smaller firms and ...
Daniel G. Garrett, Baridhi Malakar
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Skills and Tasks in Gender Gaps in Latin America

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we explore gender gaps in the labor market in Latin America, incorporating two relevant factors often overlooked: skills and the type of tasks performed at work. The study is based on data from the 2018 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) for four Latin American countries.
Cristian Bonavida, Leonardo Gasparini
wiley   +1 more source

Competing Demographic Drivers of Hospital Expenditures: Coexistence of the Red Herring and the Steepening Effects

Health Economics, Volume 35, Issue 6, Page 929-946, June 2026.
ABSTRACT The fiscal sustainability of healthcare systems is increasingly strained by aging populations with two competing hypotheses dominating the literature. The Red Herring Hypothesis suggests that healthcare expenditures are driven more by proximity to death than by chronological age, while the Steepening Hypothesis examines whether expenditures ...
Malene Kallestrup‐Lamb, Alexander O. K. Marin, Jes Søgaard   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Comparison of catastrophic out-of-pocket medical expenditure among older adults in the United States and South Korea: what affects the apparent difference?

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Medical spending rises sharply with age. Even with universal health insurance, older adults may be at risk of catastrophic out-of-pocket medical spending. We aimed to compare catastrophic out-of-pocket medical spending among adults ages 65 and
Narae Kim, Mireille Jacobson
doaj   +1 more source

Urban-rural disparities in institutional delivery among women in East Africa: A decomposition analysis.

PLoS ONE, 2021
BackgroundThough institutional delivery plays a significant role in maternal and child health, there is substantial evidence that the majority of rural women have lower health facility delivery than urban women.
Reta Dewau, Dessie Abebaw Angaw, Getahun Molla Kassa, Baye Dagnew, Yigizie Yeshaw, Amare Muche, Dejen Getaneh Feleke, Eshetie Molla, Enyew Dagnew Yehuala, Sisay Eshete Tadesse, Melaku Yalew, Zinabu Fentaw, Ahmed Hussien Asfaw, Assefa Andargie, Muluken Genetu Chanie, Wolde Melese Ayele, Anissa Mohammed Hassen, Yitayish Damtie, Foziya Mohammed Hussein, Zinet Abegaz Asfaw, Elsabeth Addisu, Bezawit Adane, Fanos Yeshanew Ayele, Bereket Kefale, Aregash Abebayehu Zerga, Tefera Chane Mekonnen, Mogesie Necho, Oumer Abdulkadir Ebrahim, Metadel Adane, Tadesse Awoke Ayele   +29 more
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The Gender Gap in Financial Literacy—The Role of Response Behavior

Journal of Consumer Affairs, Volume 60, Issue 2, Summer 2026.
ABSTRACT The gender gap in financial literacy favoring men is a well‐documented phenomenon. Research reveals that women more frequently opt for the “do not know” (DK) response option than men. As the gender gap in financial literacy is evident at a young age and should be counteracted early, we focus on a sample of German adolescents (N = 1958) and ...
Lucy Haag, Luis Oberrauch, Taiga Brahm
wiley   +1 more source

Decomposition and comparative analysis of urban-rural disparity in attitude towards advance care planning among Chinese adults: A nationwide study

BMC Public Health
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, Yibo Wu, Lina Ge, Meizhen Zhao, Yi Ma, Shuang Zang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Internet Usage on Gender Wage Gap: Evidence From Indonesia

JDE (Journal of Developing Economies)
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
doaj   +1 more source

Population average gender effects [PDF]

, 2013
In this paper I develop a consistent estimator of the population average treatment effect (PATE) which is based on a nonstandard version of the Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition.
Słoczyński, Tymon
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