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Fueling the gender gap? Oil and women's labor and marriage market outcomes [PDF]

, 2014
This paper analyzes the effect of resource-based economic specialization on women's labor market outcomes. Using information on the location and discovery of major oil fields in the Southern United States coupled with a county-level panel derived from US
A Alesina, Alex Bryson, Andrei Victor Potlogea, B Loko, C Buchman, C Goldin, C Goldin, C Goldin, C N Brunnschweiler, C Olivetti, D Aguirre, D Black, D Bremmer, D Cuberes, D Dollar, D Furchtgott-Roth, D Lederman, E Moretti, E Papyrakis, E Papyrakis, F Caselli, F Caselli, G Michaels, G Wright, H Sharabi, J A Pratt, J D Sachs, J D Sachs, J Domenech, J Greenwood, J M Twenge, J Marchand, J Sheerin, J Stephen, K Brewster, K L Schlozman, Kathleen Beegle, L Jones, L R Ngai, M Humphreys, M L Ross, M L Ross, M W Corden, N Kabeer, N Voigtlaender, O Attanasio, P D Buckley, P Norris, Q.-T Do, R Auty, R Fernandez, R Fernandez, R Jensen, R T Michael, Rahsan Akbulut, S Albanesi, S Amin, S Klasen, S L Engerman, S Ruggles, Stephan E. Maurer, T Iverson, T R Fetzer, T W Rice, W Darity, World Bank, Y-H Lei   +66 more
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Gender and Land Degradation Neutrality (LDN): Evaluating Nigeria's Legislative Framework for Achieving Gender‐Equitable LDN Outcomes

Land Degradation &Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Legislative frameworks that support gender equality are crucial for addressing structural inequalities, protecting women's rights, and achieving gender‐equitable land degradation neutrality (LDN) outcomes. This study examines the extent to which national‐level policies and legislation governing LDN and related sectors incorporate gender ...
Cynthia Nneka Olumba, Chukwudi Charles Olumba   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

I'll Marry You If You Get Me a Job: Cross-Nativity Marriages and Immigrant Employment Rates [PDF]

This paper tests whether marriage to a native affects the probability that an immigrant is employed. We provide a theoretical background which explains how marriage to a native may positively or negatively affect an immigrant's employment probability ...
Delia Furtado, Nikolaos Theodoropoulos
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Righting Past Wrongs Through Restorative Justice: Managerial Motivations for Collaboration

Nonprofit Management and Leadership, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Nonprofits are crucial to state collaborations as their embedded nature in communities allows them to gain the trust necessary to facilitate change and enhance strengths. As nonprofits collaborate with the public sector to tackle systemic challenges, understanding managerial motivations for collaboration and implications for social change is ...
Kara L. Lawrence, Nina R. Y. Blau, Paige L. Moore   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Labor force participation of women in Malaysia [PDF]

, 2007
The article analysis the women labor force participation in Malaysia. The rapid absorption of women into the labor market has been influenced by several factors.
Abdullah, Norehan, Abu Bakar, Nor'Aznin
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Reflections on Comparative Teaching in Public Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article integrates our scholarly experience of teaching comparative public administration. In doing so, we offer a unique perspective as the co‐authors carry several diverse attributes, among them their countries of origin, current country in which they are teaching, and their academic experience.
Kim Moloney, Kohei Suzuki, Mehmet Demircioglu, Cristina Stanica, Srinivas Yerramsetti, Aroon P. Manoharan, James L. Perry   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Why Active Representation Varies: Cultural Stereotypes and Differential Treatment by Street‐Level Bureaucrats

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT How do cultural stereotypes influence the likelihood that minority street‐level bureaucrats (SLBs) will actively represent marginalized subgroups within their ethnocultural community? While existing scholarship on representative bureaucracy has focused on the conditions under which minority SLBs engage in active representation, this study ...
Sohad Amaria, Einat Lavee, Nissim Cohen
wiley   +1 more source

Reconnecting Young Black Men: What Policies Would Help? [PDF]

, 2007
The term "disconnected youth" refers to young people who have been out of school and out of work for considerable periods of time – like a year or more.
Harry J. Holzer
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Rethinking Public Administration Reform: Institutional Layering of Bureaucratic, Managerial and Community Logics Over Time in Nigeria's Tax Administration

Public Administration and Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The reform of public institutions has attracted sustained attention in both scholarship and policymaking. Increasingly, however, there is growing recognition that reforms are rarely implemented in an institutional vacuum. Instead, new reforms are layered onto existing arrangements, producing hybrid institutional landscapes shaped by prior ...
Edidiong Bassey
wiley   +1 more source

Girls Count: A Global Investment & Action Agenda [PDF]

, 2008
Explains how girls' welfare affects overall economic and social outcomes. Outlines steps to disaggregate health, education, and other data by age and gender; invest strategically in girls' programs; and ensure equitable benefits for girls in all ...
Caren Grown, Cynthia B. Lloyd, Margaret E. Greene, Ruth Levine   +3 more
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