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Human Rights Economic Dividends: Estimating the Economic Effects of Preventing Discrimination
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Economies embracing principles like nondiscrimination are presumed to reap significant rewards, while violations incur heavy costs. We call these benefits human rights economic dividends—the economic gains that arise when policymaking is guided by human rights principles.
Jose Cuesta
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Matching in Marriage Market and Labor Market
, 2018 This dissertation examines how matching -- in marriage markets and labor markets -- can change under certain market circumstances and under different information provisions. The first two chapters analyze marriage market, with a particular focus on the impacts of cross-border marriage in marriage markets.
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Population Growth and Rising Dowries: The Long-Run Mechanism of a Marriage Squeeze [PDF]
India has experienced a much-documented dowry inflation since the 1950s, which has been attributed to a spurt in population growth post-World War II. Will recent declines in fertility lead to a reversal of this trend and a regime of bride price? My paper
Sudeshna Maitra
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Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are nearing their end in 2030, and it is highly unlikely that many of the SDGs would be met by the target date. This calls for the urgent need for an upgraded approach or a new strategy from the “development‐goals” model.
Funom Theophilus Makama
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Marriage Market, Divorce Legislation and Household Labor Supply [PDF]
This paper provides a theoretical framework for analyzing the impact of the marriage market and divorce legislation on household labor supply. In our approach, the sex ratio on the marriage market and the rules governing divorce are examples of ...
Chiappori, Pierre-André +2 more
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Gender Equality as a Driver of Inclusive Green Transitions: Evidence From EU Panel
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how gender equality contributes to inclusive and sustainable green transitions across the European Union (EU). Using macro‐panel data for 27 EU countries, it applies three econometric models to assess how changes in gender inequality, measured by the Gender Inequality Index (GII), influence female employment, women's ...
Lina Volodzkiene, Tomas Balezentis
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Partner Market Opportunities and Relationship Stability
Comparative Population Studies, 2015 Although partner market opportunities are generally considered to be important for relationship stability, they have never been measured accurately.
Ingmar Rapp +3 more
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Partner Search and Demographics: The Marriage Squeeze in India [PDF]
If women marry younger than men, increased population growth causes a sur- plus of women in the marriage market. This paper introduces search frictions into a matching model with transferable utility and age-dependent match payos to study if this so ...
Anja Sautmann
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Unlocking Financial Inclusion: The Dynamics of Bank Account Ownership in Urban Slums
Sustainable Development, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is a key driver of sustainable development, contributing to poverty reduction (SDG 1), gender equality (SDG 5), and reduced inequalities (SDG 10). Despite extensive financial‐inclusion policies in India, residents of urban slums remain largely excluded from formal banking systems.
Davide Moro +3 more
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Assortative mating and Turkish marriage market [PDF]
, 2011 Gruplaşan eş seçiminin derecesi çiftler arasındaki benzerliklerin derecesini gösterir. Örneğin, çiftlerin yaşı, boyu, kilosu veya geliri benzeşmektedir. Ekonomistler ise daha çok gelir ilişkisini incelemektedir. Ayrıca, evlenme piyasasında eş seçimi için olan rekabet çiftlerin özelliklerinin birbirine benzemesine neden olmaktadır.
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