Despite great variation in gender gaps in education in immigrants' origin countries (with advantages for males in many cases), we find that the female advantage in education observed among the majority population is usually present among second-generation immigrants. We interpret these findings in ...
With this growth, the elderly pop- ulation in both economies has grown rapidly. China's population aged 65 and above is expected to increase fr... A Kochar - 《Journal of the Economics of Ageing》 被引量: 5发表: 2014年 The impact of gender inequality in education and employment on ...
Second, and of special concern, is the finding that in particular countries where there is a large female disadvantage in enrollment, wealth interacts with gender to exacerbate the gap in educational outcomes. Introduction Universal primary education was enshrined as a human right in the United ...
Mapping education across gender Despite widespread improvement in educational attainment since 2000, gender disparity persists in 2017 in many regions. Figure 1 illustrates the mean number of years of education and the proportion of individuals with no primary school attainment for men and women of rep...
Extant research on the gender pay gap suggests that men and women who do the same work for the same employer receive similar pay, so that processes sorting people into jobs are thought to account for the vast majority of the pay gap. Data that can identi
Relative educational inequalities in smoking-attributable mortality increased among both men and women with no signs of turning points. Absolute inequalities were stable among men but slightly increased among women. The contribution of inequality in smoking-attributable mortality to inequality in total ...
We introduce several dimensions of gender inequality into a 2-sex OLG model with a non-unitary representation of household decision-making. We characterize a Malthusian corner regime which is characterized by strong gender inequality in education and high fertility. We find both in theory and in ...
Thus, our study is limited to a panel of 14 countries only. Future research is recommended to consider more countries/all countries in the region along with other relevant variables such as disease type, corruption, gender roles, and inequality with complete and updated data periods....
The welfare systems as a societal base in these countries, with common child care as an important part, are often regarded as being a great contributing factor to this. At the policy level, the Nordic countries are doing well concerning gender equality, but what does it look like in terms ...
The global adoption rate of artificial intelligence (AI) is rising, indicating its transformative potential. However, this adoption is far from uniform, with low-income countries (LICs) trailing behind significantly. Despite needing AI for development, L