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Social norms and female labor participation in BrazilPart of Journal Special Issue Female Autonomy and Women’s Welfare
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Identity Documents, Welfare Enhancement, and Group Empowerment in the Global SouthPart of Journal Special Issue Legal Empowerment and Group-Based Inequality
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Who trusts?In the developing world, clientelism is common. In Africa, public office is often used to redistribute resources to ethnically defined constituencies, and this form of clientelistic exchange is a key determinant of vote choice. Does clientelistic...
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Identity and multigenerational persistenceThe study aims at bridging gaps in both theoretical and empirical literature pertaining to multigenerational persistence. From a theoretical standpoint, it argues that parental altruism is influenced by social heterogeneity rather than income-based...
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Identity and support for policies towards Indigenous peopleThis study adds to knowledge on the role of politicians’ and voters’ identities in influencing policy-making in societies marked by ethnic inequality. The outcome we investigate is the initiatives and policies targeting Indigenous populations in the...
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Identity and support for policies towards Indigenous peopleThis paper adds to knowledge on the role of politicians’ and voters’ identities in influencing policy-making in societies marked by ethnic inequality.The outcome we investigate is the initiatives and policies targeting Indigenous populations in the...
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Gender identity and female labour supply in BrazilOver the last half-century, the role of women in society has changed substantially. However, the gender income gap and the difference in labour force participation persist. Akerlof and Kranton introduce the concept of identity from sociology and...
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