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Background Unintended pregnancies are a global public health concern that could be prevented with appropriate access to contraceptive methods. Evidence from research has indicated that avoidance of closely space birth/pregnancy within the first year of ...
Obinna Princewill Anyatonwu +1 more
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Oaxaca – Blinder Model In Economic Analysis
Oaxaca–Blinder model is popularly used in the world to study differences (gap) in average values of two groups. For instance, this technique is often applied to analyse the wage gap by gender, race, economic sector, etc.
Nguyễn Minh Hà +2 more
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China’s aging population poses a significant challenge, drawing attention to regional disparities in pension benefits for urban and rural residents.
Songbiao Zhang, Xining Wang, Huilin Wang
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Contract Labour, Job Quality and Turnover Intention—Evidence From Nigeria
ABSTRACT Labour contracting, where intermediaries provide farmers with migrant workers, plays a central role in meeting the demand for seasonal labour on labour‐intensive farms. Yet this system poses underresearched challenges for both workers and farmers.
Olayinka Aremu +3 more
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Background Childhood obesity has become a significant public health issue worldwide. Socioeconomic status is among its key determinants. This study examined the socioeconomic inequality in different phenotypes of childhood obesity at the national level ...
Zohreh Mahmoodi +7 more
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Monetary Policy and Government Debt
Abstract We study how the level of government debt affects the effectiveness of monetary policy, that is, the elasticity of economic aggregates to interest rate changes. We build a New Keynesian model where fiscal policy is non‐Ricardian and government debt is risk‐free.
NICOLAS CARAMP, ETHAN FEILICH
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The Gender Gap in Early-Career Wages of Universities’ and Vocational Education Institutes’ Graduates
Data from the Federal Statistical Sample Survey of Employment of Vocational Education and Higher Education Graduates is used to measure the gender wage gap and analyze the factors explaining gender inequality.
Margarita Kiryushina, Victor Rudakov
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An extension of the Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique to logit and probit models [PDF]
The Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition technique is widely used to identify and quantify the separate contributions of group differences in measurable characteristics, such as education, experience, marital status, and geographical differences to racial and ...
Fairlie, Robert W.
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Gender Norms in Transition? Parents' Housework and Childcare Time in the COVID‐19 Era
ABSTRACT Objective We examined whether gender disparities in time spent in childcare and housework in the years after the start of the pandemic increased, decreased, or returned to pre‐pandemic levels. Background At the start of the COVID‐19 pandemic, parents experienced increased time in unpaid labor. Many scholars argued that this increase signaled a
Jennifer March Augustine, Kate Prickett
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Pseudo-Panel Decomposition of the Blinder–Oaxaca Gender Wage Gap
This article introduces a novel approach to decomposing the Blinder–Oaxaca gender wage gap using pseudo-panel data. In many developing countries, panel data are not available; however, understanding the evolution of the gender wage gap over time requires
Jhon James Mora, Diana Yaneth Herrera
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