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We investigate whether being female, Indigenous, from a non‐English speaking background (NESB) or having a disability affects career advancement in the Australian Public Service. Over the past 20 years, women have become more likely to get promoted at senior ranks than similar men and just as likely at junior ranks. NESB staff have much lower promotion
Robert Breunig, David Hansell, Nu Nu Win
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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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The Gender Gap in Financial Literacy—The Role of Response Behavior
ABSTRACT The gender gap in financial literacy favoring men is a well‐documented phenomenon. Research reveals that women more frequently opt for the “do not know” (DK) response option than men. As the gender gap in financial literacy is evident at a young age and should be counteracted early, we focus on a sample of German adolescents (N = 1958) and ...
Lucy Haag, Luis Oberrauch, Taiga Brahm
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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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Coresidence: How parental characteristics matter
Abstract Coresidence in the parental home is known to depend on young adult characteristics and market conditions, but there is more limited knowledge on whether or how parental characteristics matter. We model the coresidence outcome as a multigenerational joint optimization decision and use Panel Study of Income Dynamics data to examine the ...
Arthur Acolin +2 more
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ABSTRACT Access to finance is critical for rural non‐farm self‐employment businesses in Southeast Asia, but financial constraints and gender discrimination impede their growth. Existing literature largely overlooks vulnerable groups like rural household businesses.
Chung Thanh Phan +3 more
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ABSTRACT This study examines the role of inherited circumstances in labor market inequality of opportunity in Chile. We estimate their contribution as the change in total inequality after removing their influence. Since this contribution may differ depending on whether it is measured before or after removing the influence of other factors, we use the ...
Carlos Gradín, Gabriela Zapata‐Román
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Using LCMS data (2010, 2022) and Blinder–Oaxaca decomposition, this study shows that child height‐for‐age in Zambia improved (Δ ≈ −0.92 SD) due to both enhanced household conditions and stronger nutritional returns, with distinct rural and urban pathways, highlighting the need for improved sanitation, diet quality protection, and stronger urban ...
Richard Bwalya, Thomson Kalinda
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