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The Structure of Wages in India, 1983-1999 [PDF]
This paper examines the structure of wages for adult male workers within a dual labour market framework using micro survey data for three years spanning almost two decades. Augmented Mincerian wage equations are estimated for different types of workers –
Puja Vasudeva Dutta
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Although organizational social networks are extensively researched, the gendered implications of informal networks embedded in distinctive socio‐cultural contexts remains underexplored. This conceptual paper focuses on wasta, a pervasive form of informal network and social capital in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, which ...
Maryam Aldossari +3 more
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Nepali Women at Work: Menstruation in Informal and Formal Workplaces
Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Women of specific castes in Nepal are socialized to adhere to a range of menstrual customs. Drawing on semi‐structured interviews, we examine the relevance of menstrual customs in informal and formal workplaces in Kathmandu, Nepal. We expand upon Acker's work on gendered institutions cross‐culturally, highlighting its global significance, and ...
Srijana Karki, Tamara L. Mix
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MicroRNAs in Honey Bee Caste Determination. [PDF]
Sci Rep, 2016 Ashby R, Forêt S, Searle I, Maleszka R.
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"Caste and Wealth Inequality in India" [PDF]
In this paper, we conduct the novel exercise of analyzing the relationship between overall wealth inequality and caste divisions in India using nationally representative surveys on household wealth conducted during 1991–92 and 2002–03.
Ajit Zacharias, Vamsi Vakulabharanam
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Gender, Work &Organization, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper examines trust in women's organizations as a gendered and contextually embedded dimension of institutional trust, drawing on data from 90,192 respondents across 60 countries using the 2017–2022 World Values Survey, the World Bank, and Varieties of Democracy.
Ruby Amanda Oboro‐Offerie
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The Contribution of Social Networks to Income Inequality in Rural China: A Regression-Based Decomposition and Cross-Regional Comparison [PDF]
This study aims to quantify the contribution of social networks, i.e., guanxi,to income inequality in rural households in China. One purpose is to understand how this influence varies across regions with different levels of marketization and economic ...
Jianzhi Zhao, Ming Lu
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The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the death penalty in Malaysia, where foreign nationals have historically been sentenced to death at a disproportionately high rate. The international community has recognised that foreign defendants are disadvantaged in alien criminal justice systems and made efforts to address this through the United Nation's Vienna ...
Carolyn Hoyle, Lucy Harry
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Republican Freedom, Popular Control, and Collective Action [PDF]
Republicans hold that people are dominated merely in virtue of others' having unconstrained abilities to frustrate their choices. They argue further that public officials may dominate citizens unless subject to popular control. Critics identify a dilemma.
Ingham, Sean, Lovett, Frank
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Impacts of land use change on diaspore‐dispersing ant assemblages in southwestern Amazonia
Insect Conservation and Diversity, EarlyView.Land use changes shift ant assemblages, more intensive land uses are dominated by generalist and open habitat specialist species engaging in group foraging. The diaspore removal rates cannot differ, but the quality of dispersal was lower in disturbed habitats.
Dhâmyla Bruna de Souza Dutra +6 more
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