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Novel Insights for Successful Microcredit Policies and Gender Dynamics: A Comparative Study of Rural Entrepreneurs in Vietnam and Thailand

Review of Development Economics, EarlyView.
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, Diem Thi Hong Vo, Nguyen Nhan Thien, Daniel Borer   +3 more
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Ethnic disparities in out–of–pocket expense on medicines in Peru: Evidence from a nationwide survey

Public Health in Practice, 2023
Background: Despite improvements in health insurance coverage, out-of-pocket (OOP) health spending remains a public health issue in Peru, and OOP payment has implications for disease treatment in ethnic minorities.
Jerry K. Benites-Meza, Liseth Pinedo-Castillo, Miguel Cabanillas-Lazo, Percy Herrera-Añazco, Benoit Mougenot, Vicente A. Benites-Zapata   +5 more
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Unpacking the Contribution of Birth Circumstances to Inequality Using a Shapley Decomposition: The Case of Chile

Review of Income and Wealth, Volume 72, Issue 2, May 2026.
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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Discrimination in science: Salaries of foreign and U.S. born land‐grant university scientists

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 108, Issue 2, Page 706-736, March 2026.
Abstract The dominance of the US innovation and academic system relies heavily on foreign‐born labor for its success. Recent literature has shown evidence of wage gaps in academia based on gender and race; however, little is known about whether a wage gap might exist for foreign‐born faculty.
Jeremy Foltz, Vikas P. D. Gawai
wiley   +1 more source

Migrants, Refugees and Employer Discrimination

British Journal of Industrial Relations, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 101-113, March 2026.
ABSTRACT We investigate the labour market integration of humanitarian and non‐humanitarian migrants in Australia using longitudinal data from the Building a New Life in Australia (BNLA) and the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) surveys.
Liwen Guo, Massimiliano Tani
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Decomposition and comparative analysis of urban-rural disparity in attitude towards advance care planning among Chinese adults: A nationwide study

BMC Public Health
Background Examining urban-rural disparity in Chinese adults’ advance care planning (ACP) attitudes is crucial for healthcare decision-making. A comprehensive understanding of contributing factors, especially through decomposition and comparative ...
Xue Wang, Yibo Wu, Lina Ge, Meizhen Zhao, Yi Ma, Shuang Zang   +5 more
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The Role of Internet Usage on Gender Wage Gap: Evidence From Indonesia

JDE (Journal of Developing Economies)
This study analyzes the effect of internet usage on the gender wage gap within Indonesia’s labor market. Using data from the 2022 National Labor Force Survey (Sakernas), the research employs robust least square regression, quantile regression, and the ...
Martina Nurma Dewi, Arie Damayanti
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Monetary Policy and Government Debt

Journal of Money, Credit and Banking, Volume 58, Issue 2, Page 389-420, March 2026.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Cultural‐Policy Framework and Mothers' Earnings Penalty: A European Comparison

Kyklos, Volume 79, Issue 1, Page 53-69, February 2026.
ABSTRACT This article explores the diversity of cultural and policy contexts in Western European countries and examines their role in explaining the persistent and heterogeneous motherhood penalty. Using harmonized European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions (EU‐SILC) data from 13 countries, the analysis spans 2006 to 2022 and provides ...
Eliane Badaoui, Eleonora Matteazzi
wiley   +1 more source

Pandemic‐induced changes in food acquisitions: Implications for child diet quality in the United States

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Volume 108, Issue 1, Page 363-382, January 2026.
Abstract We estimate how the COVID‐19 pandemic altered school‐aged children's diet quality from March 2020 to July 2022 through the lens of food acquisitions. Because nationally representative food‐consumption data are absent during this time, we use several data sources to predict changes in diet quality. We first estimate a model of diet quality as a
Travis A. Smith, Joanne Guthrie, Biing‐Hwan Lin, Alexander Stevens   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source