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Gender Differences In Poverty: A Cross-National Research
White Papers This paper describes and explains country differences in the effect of gender on the risk to become poor, using data from the Luxembourg Income Study on 22 industrialized countries. Country characteristics, especially economic growth and social...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
Gender Discrimination In Job Search Process: The Analysis Of Russian Labour Market
White Papers In this paper the problems of gender discrimination in job search process have been examined in theoretical and empirical perspectives. In the analysis the presence of gender discrimination is shown only by lower wages offered to female job seekers.
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
Gender Differences Across The Earnings Distribution Of Young Adults: Evidence From NLS:86 & HSB:92
White Papers This study employs base year and follow-up samples of national probability samples of high school sophomores and seniors and examines gender differences in earnings across the entire distribution of earnings for young adults.
[May 20, 2005, 0:00]
Gender Role Attitudes And The Labour Market Outcomes Of Women Across OECD Countries
White Papers Austria, Canada, Denmark, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Sweden, United States) progress in the gender pay gap has more or less stalled since the mid 1990s. The main goal of this paper is to evaluate the impact of work values and gender role attitudes...
[May 26, 2005, 3:00]
Schools 'need Gender-specific Software'
News GFI Asia Pacific is calling on Australian market researchers to investigate "gender-specific" software. The managing director of IT security company GFI, Richard Rundle, believes "the significant differences between the way boys and girls use and...
[May 6, 2004, 10:50]
How The Human Capital Model Explains Why The Gender Wage Gap Narrowed
White Papers In turn, rising female relative to male human capital investments suggest a narrowing in the gender wage gap. According to human capital theory, one's incentive to invest in training is directly proportional to the time one expects to work over one...
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Where Do Women Work?: Analysing Patterns In Occupational Segregation By Gender
White Papers First, to examine the role of education and other socio-economic factors in explaining differences between the EU and the US in occupational segregation by gender. The authors' goal in this paper is twofold.
[June 22, 2005, 3:00]
Amazon's Gender Stereotyping Patent Slammed
News The company was granted a patent last week for the system, which also profiles gift recipients and guesses their age, birthday and gender. The system would then try to guess their gender, age and the gift-giving occasion based on the type of...
[March 15, 2005, 8:30]
Amazon Patents Gender Stereotyping
News Amazon.com has been granted a US patent on "Methods and systems of assisting users in purchasing items", including the use of gift-buying habits to determine the age, gender and birth-date of gift recipients, according to a US Patent and Trademark...
[March 9, 2005, 14:40]
EC Funds 'gender Equality In Science' Study
News The EU programme "Practising gender equality in science" (PRAGES) will compare various strategies implemented in Europe and in countries including the US, Australia and Canada that have promoted the presence of women in public scientific research...
[January 7, 2008, 14:40]
How Does Gender Play A Role In The Earnings Gap?: An Update
White Papers This paper sheds some light on reasons for the gender earnings gap, focusing on the role that the share of women in an occupation plays. The methodology employed by George Johnson and Gary Solon is used to identify the sources of the relationship...
[May 31, 2005, 3:00]
Using E-mail For Personal Relationships: The Difference Gender Makes
White Papers Do the gender differences found when men and women maintain personal relationships in person and on the phone also emerge when they use electronic mail? A look at the types of relationships women and men maintain by e-mail, differences in their e...
[April 7, 2004, 0:04]
Occupational Segregation And The Gender Wage Gap In Japan
White Papers Third, it analyzes the sources of the wage gap by gender. This paper has a modest objective; it explores three employment outcomes in relation to the distribution of occupations. First, the paper analyzes the degree of occupational segregation in...
[May 26, 2005, 3:00]
Proposal: The Employment Sector And Gender Wage Gap In Taiwan: 1978-1995
White Papers This paper attempts to measure the gender wage gap in Taiwan, in order to examine whether the change in sector of employment can help explain the stable female-male earning ratio and wage discrimination against woman in Taiwan from 1979 to 1995.
[May 25, 2005, 3:00]
Europe's Online Gender Divide Slow To Close
News At this rate, the research group warns, there won't be gender parity in the European online community until 2010. Nielsen//NetRatings European market analyst Tom Ewing is concerned that this gender divide reinforces the perception that the Web is a...
[June 24, 2003, 15:24]
Gender Divide Amongst E-shoppers
News The survey into user attitudes on the Internet -- conducted by Netpoll -- finds there is a clear gender divide when it comes to online shopping behaviour. Different attitudes set men and women apart when shopping on the Net.according to research...
[July 26, 2000, 14:13]
Networking Academy Program In Ethiopia Bridges Both Gender And Digital Divides
White Papers Additionally, through the UNECA African Center for Women, Academy program participants were trained in gender and development, entrepreneurship, and management skills. With a bachelor degree in Public Administration from the National University of...
[April 13, 2007, 1:01]
Welfare Family Policies And Gender Earnings Inequality: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis
White Papers Using hierarchical linear models, individual-level variables (obtained from the Luxembourg Income Study) are combined with country level data (obtained from secondary sources) to evaluate the net effects of welfare family policies on gender...
[June 24, 2005, 3:00]
Does Online Gender Masking Work?
White Papers This paper investigates whether online gender masking works, in two senses: Do users with masked gender succeed in keeping their gender ambiguous to their interlocutors? And do they (and others) benefit from the gender masking?
[August 14, 2003, 16:19]
Performance Oriented Budgeting: A Tool For Gender Responsive Budgets
White Papers The increasing interest in gender responsive budgets reflects a growing awareness of the importance of resource allocations for gender equality. Many gender equality initiatives are never implemented because they do not form part of the budgetary...
[July 12, 2005, 6:00]
