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Acta Universitatis Sapientiae: Economics and Business, 2023 Using a cross-sectional survey data of agricultural farms, we investigate gender-based differences in farm wages among farm workers by randomly allocating farm workers into treatment (female) and control (male) groups with a simple random sampling ...
Daudu Abdulrazaq K. +4 more
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Gender perspective of parental role model influence on nascent entrepreneurs: Evidence from Colombia
European Research on Management and Business Economics, 2022 We examine the effect of parental entreprenurial role model in nascent entrepreneur's activity by gender perspective. We distinguish between father and mother entreprenurial role models and investigate how their influence on students’ decision to become ...
Jorge Moreno-Gómez +3 more
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Innovativeness and entrepreneurial performance of female entrepreneurs
Journal of Innovation & Knowledge, 2022 Entrepreneurs' innovativeness is an important factor affecting the performance of start-up companies. Based on social cognitive theory, this study analyzes the relationship between female entrepreneurs' innovativeness and entrepreneurial performance at a
Yangjie Huang +3 more
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Household and student survey-based evidence on girls secondary education in Afghanistan
Social Sciences and Humanities Open, 2023 Afghanistan has long had one of the poorest education records in the world and females in particular have exceptionally low rates of literacy. This paper presents descriptive evidence using novel survey data that 1) peer-to-peer mentorship can improve ...
Elizabeth Lyons
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Geofluids, 2021 In coal seam mining, the water resistance of the floor composite strata is the key to determining whether water disaster occurs or not and to formulating water control countermeasures. Taking the Pingdingshan Coalfield No. 8 mine and Shoushan mine as the
Xinyi Wang +5 more
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Bridging the Gender Digital Gap
Economics: Journal Articles, 2019 Despite the headway the world has experienced over the last couple of years in terms of a substantial increase in digital access, there are still significant challenges to overcome in ensuring women are included in the transformation to a digital society,
Mariscal Judith +3 more
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Wildlife Biology, EarlyView.Renewable energy is vital for reducing carbon emissions and yet its infrastructure poses challenges to biodiversity. While the impacts of wind power on bats and raptors are well‐studied, the effects on elusive species remain largely unknown. The Eurasian woodcock Scolopax rusticola, a nocturnal forest bird, performs characteristic courtship flights at ...
Jan O. Engler +6 more
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Gender diversity in corporate boards and firm risk-taking: Evidence from Pakistan
Economics and Business ReviewUsing annual data from 49 publicly listed non-financial firms from January 2011 to December 2022, this study investigates how board gender diversity affects firm risk-taking behaviour in Pakistan.
Shakeel Sobia, Khawaja Mohsin
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Board age and value diversity: Evidence from a collectivistic and paternalistic culture
Borsa Istanbul Review, 2021 The current study investigates whether board age diversity affects company financial performance and risk, and whether diverse work-related values held by directors of different ages are the underlying cause of any effects via a sample of listed ...
Emrah Arioglu
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Genetic differentiation and adaptive evolution of buff‐tailed bumblebees in Asia
Insect Science, EarlyView.This study investigates the genetic differentiation and local adaptation of the buff‐tailed bumblebee (Bombus terrestris) across its European and Asian populations. Using whole‐genome resequencing, we identified distinct genetic differences between populations, with Asian B. terrestris representing a unique genetic resource.
Long Su +14 more
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