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The gender gap in educational mismatch: evidence from the Dominican Republic [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In this paper we test the existence of gender gaps in educational mismatch for a developing country (Dominican Republic), an interesting case study due to its recent policies of education promotion, which achieved an important increase in enrolment rates
Gomez Paulino, Evalina   +2 more
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ClosingGap: Driving social change in gender equality

open access: yesEuropean Research on Management and Business Economics
This study examines the ClosinGap association as a business platform that promotes social change, particularly in advancing Spanish companies’ commitment to gender equality within an institutional theory framework.
Antonio Baraybar-Fernández   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Does Gender Matter in Audit? Evidence on Earnings Management and Audit Delay from Croatia

open access: yesBusiness Systems Research
There is an expanding body of research on the relationship between auditor gender and earnings management, based on the assumption that female auditors possess specific innate characteristics relevant to external audit quality.
Šušak Toni, Stapić Ivana
doaj   +1 more source

Participación laboral de personas en situación de discapacidad. Análisis desde un enfoque de género para Colombia

open access: yesEconomía Teoría y Práctica, 2016
El presente artículo estima el impacto de tener discapacidades sobre la probabilidad de estar laboralmente activo en Colombia, a partir de la Encuesta de Calidad de Vida 2013, desde un enfoque de género.
Óscar Andrés Espinosa Acuña
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¿POR QUÉ LAS MUJERES NO SE DISTRIBUYEN DE FORMA HOMOGÉNEA EN EL MERCADO DE TRABAJO ESPAÑOL?. El “efecto rechazo” y el “efecto atracción”

open access: yesEl Trimestre Económico, 2016
El objetivo de este artículo es analizar la distribución laboral femenina en el año 2012 en el mercado de trabajo español, planteada desde una doble perspectiva: el grado de expulsión o rechazo que padecen las mujeres en las ocupaciones ...
Diego Dueñas Fernández   +2 more
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Risk Taking by Mutual Funds as a Response to Incentives [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper examines the agency conflict between mutual fund investors and mutual fund companies. Investors would like the fund company to use its judgement to maximize risk-adjusted fund returns.
Glenn D. Ellison, Judith A. Chevalier
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Refinement of Earth's gravity field with Topex GPS measurements [PDF]

open access: yes
The NASA Ocean Topography Experiment satellite TOPEX will carry a microwave altimeter accurate to a few centimeters for the measurement of ocean height. The capability can be fully exploited only if TOPEX altitude can be independently determined to 15 cm
Wu, Jiun-Tsong, Wu, Sien-Chong
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Perceptions of violence and their socio-economic determinants: evidence from transition countries

open access: yesBaltic Journal of Economics
We study the socio-economic determinants of perceptions toward intimate partner violence (IPV), utilizing a novel dataset covering eight countries: Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Latvia, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and Ukraine.
Yaroslava Babych   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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