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Showing 1 to 20 of 149 for “"gender gap"”.
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Racial Differences in the Gender Gap
The gender gap is a political phenomenon that has been observed in the electorate since the election of Ronald Reagan in 1980, with women being more Democratic and liberal than men. Many studies have examined its existence among the white public, but little has been done to document its presence …
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Exploring the gender gap in Tanzanian secondary school mathematics classrooms
… which I established that there is a mathematics gender gap in Tanzanian secondary schools favoring males (Zilimu, 2009). The purpose of this case study was to explore the teachers’ perceptions of their teaching practices in classroom contexts and how their perceptions might perpetuate gender …
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The Entrepreneurial Gender Gap in sub-Saharan Africa: An Institutional Framework
… and contracts; and when there is greater gender inequality as a tradition within society and as a result of the existence of formal institutions.
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Beyond the gender gap: Masculinities in Austrian German as L2 education for refugees
This dissertation aims to bridge the gaps between second language education research, gender studies, and forced migration studies. Particular emphasis is placed on dimensions of temporality and spatiality and their various intersections with participants’ experience of border policies, …
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An assessment of the effects of the gender gap on accessing finance in Namibia
… study focused on assessing the effects of the gender gap on accessing finance in Namibia. Cross-sectional data for the fourth financial Inclusion Survey of 2017 was used. The study used econometrics techniques of t-tests, Pearson Chi-square tests, and the probit model to examine the effects of …
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The persistent religious gender gap in the Netherlands in times of secularization, 1966-2015
Contains fulltext : 209245.pdf (Publisher’s version ) (Open Access)
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Bridging the gender gap: factors enabling female directors to affect the appointment of female CEOs
This dissertation examines the effect of female board representation on the probability that a firm will appoint a woman to the CEO position. To study the relationship, I first draw on social identity theory to explain female directors’ preference for a female CEO candidate. Then, considering that …
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Female leadership advantage: A personality-based explanatory model of the gender gap in transformational leadership
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2024-08-01
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Explaining the technological gender gap: self-efficacy, utilitarian attitudes, and computer use among college students
… theory to explore the relationships among gender, computer self-efficacy, utilitarian attitudes toward computers, and computer use by college students. The analysis includes comparisons of male and female college students at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University on computer …
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Examining roots of the gender gap: student participation and teacher behaviors in first-grade mathematics lessons
… school by laying the foundation for persistent gender differences.
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Refugee Economies: labour market integration, the gender gap in employment, and the impact of refugees in Jordan
… country, the correlation between traditional gender roles and the gender gap in labour force supply, and the impact of refugees on the labour market in order to contribute to the literature in this field. Thus, there are three chapters in this dissertation that focus on refugee economies. In …
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Individual Differences In Pyschological Evaluations Of Electoral Risk: Furthering The Explanation Of The Gender Gap In Candidate Emergence
<p>Despite decades of movement towards gender parity in other aspects of American society (e.g. education, business), women remain significantly underrepresented in the political realm. Electoral bias against women cannot be blamed; when women run, women win. However, women don't seek political …
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Confronting the Intra-Racial Gender Gap: A Quantitative Study of the Impact of Gender on African American Students' Perceptions of Campus Climate at a Predominantly White Institution
For the last decade, the attainment gap in college graduation rates between Black males and females has continued to grow, despite the best efforts of researchers interested in identifying both its causes and suggesting possible policy remedies. Although much of the work has focused on the search …
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Many Gender Gaps: Intersectionality and Cross-Group Differences in Gender's Effect on Political Beliefs
… I set out to debunk the notion that the gender gap in political ideology is homogeneous across subpopulations. This idea is implicit in most of the otherwise exhaustive gender gap literature. Building on intersectionality theory I explore the many ways people are influenced by their other …
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Determinants of financial inclusion in Namibia: An analysis of the gender
… half of the world 's unbanked population. The gender gap is systematic worldwide and persistent across all income groups in developing countries. However, it is interesting to observe that more eligible men are financially excluded than eligible womeri in Namibia. Motivated by this observation, …
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Impact of Occupational Flexibility on Labor Market Outcomes of Women Following Childbirth
… market outcomes and (2) measure the parental gender gap and decompose the gap for high and low flexibility occupations. Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and occupational flexibility characteristics from the O*NET database, we utilize an event study specification to determine …
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Gender differences in agency and communion: A meta-analysis
The existence of gender gaps in agency and communion is commonly known, yet it remains unknown what the average magnitudes, stability (over time and developmental age), and variability (across cultures, sampling strategies, and measures) of these gender differences are. Leveraging social role …
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Threats to success in mathematics: examining the combined effects of choking under pressure and stereotype threat
… careers at the same rate. Understanding this gap is more complicated than simply looking at performance differences between boys and girls. This disparity in career choice could stem from differences in motivation that can be seen as early as middle school. In this dissertation, I investigate …
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