This paper applies the Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) approach to investigate disparities in endowments and returns to these endowments between male and female headed households, and to construct a discrimination index. This approach permits us to obtain appropriate parameter estimates of income generating functions, and to use them to derive the partial effects of …
The paper focuses on how women confront gender stereotyping in fishing and how social policies like affirmative action and employment equity impact on women in a democratising South Africa. It also highlights ways that women in fish processing innovate and develop strategies to cope with gender-related workplace problems in the industry. Asset Type: Publications Collection: …
This paper focuses on an emergent category of Ghanaian traders, women who are educated abroad and travel the globe to purchase consumer items, art, and cloth to sell on the Ghanaian market. The narratives of these women highlight numerous sociohistorical moments relevant to the global economy. Asset Type: Publications Collection: Foreign Publications Subject: Women, Ghana …
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