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Demography (2006) 43 (1): 1–24.
Published: 01 February 2006
... of living, and insurance against living in poverty. Although returns to a college education in the form of earnings remained higher for women than for men over the entire period, trends in these returns do not provide a plausible explanation for gender-specific trends in college completion. But when broader...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 543–568.
Published: 01 August 2003
...William P. Bridges Abstract It is often assumed that occupational segregation by gender is readily interpretable as an index of inequality between men and women in the labor force. Although this view has been challenged, the development and dissemination of analytic tools that could test...
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in The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the United States, 1940–2010: Gains and Losses of Gender–Race/Ethnicity Groups
> Demography
Published: 08 May 2015
Fig. 1 Overall segregation by gender, race/ethnicity, and gender and race/ethnicity (index M ), 1940–2010
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Demography (2023) 60 (3): 761–784.
Published: 01 June 2023
...Haowen Zheng; Kim A. Weeden Abstract What is the relationship between gender segregation in higher education and gender segregation in the labor market? Using Fossett's (2017) difference-of-means method for calculating segregation indices and data from the American Community Survey, we show...
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Demography (2004) 41 (2): 263–284.
Published: 01 May 2004
... : Harvard University Press . Benham L. ( 1974 ). Benefits of Women’s Education Within Marriage . Journal of Political Economy , 82 ( 2 ), 57 – 71 . 10.1086/260291 Bianchi S.M. , Subaiya L. , & Kahn J.R. ( 1999 ). The Gender Gap in the Economic Well-being...
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Demography (2004) 41 (3): 509–528.
Published: 01 August 2004
...Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue Abstract In this study, I used a life-table approach to estimate how much hypothetical reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts would help close the gender gap in educational attainment. Using the schooling histories of 6,686 pupils, I partitioned Cameroon’s gender gap...
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Demography (2000) 37 (3): 299–311.
Published: 01 August 2000
...Karen Oppenheim Mason; Herbert L. Smith Abstract Using data from Pakistan, India, Malaysia, Thailand, and the Philippines, we explore how gender context influences (1) husband-wife concordance in the demand for children and (2) the impact of each spouse’s fertility preferences on contraceptive use...
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 395–418.
Published: 01 August 2003
...Rohini P. Pande Abstract This article examines the role of the sex composition of surviving older siblings on gender differences in childhood nutrition and immunization, using data from the National Family Health Survey, India (1992–1993). Logit and ordered logit models were used for severe...
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Demography (2003) 40 (2): 333–349.
Published: 01 May 2003
...Shelly Lundberg; Elaina Rose Abstract We estimate the effect of a child’s gender on the mother’s probability of marriage or remarriage using data from the PSID Marital History and Childbirth and Adoption History Files. We find that the birth of a son speeds the transition into marriage when...
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Demography (1994) 31 (2): 271–296.
Published: 01 May 1994
... Classification of Diseases, Injuries, and Causes of Death . ( 1957 ). Geneva : World Health Organization . Demography, Vol. 31, No.2, May 1994 Population Variation in Cause of Death: Level, Gender, and Period Effects* Timothy B. Gage Department of Anthropology and Department of Epidemiology University...
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 493–494.
Published: 26 February 2013
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 471–492.
Published: 02 October 2012
...Francine D. Blau; Peter Brummund; Albert Yung-Hsu Liu Abstract In this article, we develop a gender-specific crosswalk based on dual-coded Current Population Survey data to bridge the change in the census occupational coding system that occurred in 2000 and use it to provide the first analysis...
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 393–420.
Published: 17 October 2012
...Richard Wright; Steven Holloway; Mark Ellis Abstract Gender asymmetry in mixed-race heterosexual partnerships and marriages is common. For instance, black men marry or partner with white women at a far higher rate than white men marry or partner with black women. This article asks if such gender...
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in Migration and Pacific Mortality: Estimating Migration Effects on Pacific Mortality Rates Using Bayesian Models
> Demography
Published: 01 August 2013
Fig. 1 Observed gender-averaged Pacific mean mortality rates ( × 100,000) and posterior estimates of the shrinkage parameter and structural mean rates from the hierarchical Bayesian model. The lines were computed using spline interpolation between computed gender-averaged posterior means
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in Trends in Occupational Segregation by Gender 1970–2009: Adjusting for the Impact of Changes in the Occupational Coding System
> Demography
Published: 02 October 2012
Fig. 1 Trends in occupational segregation using gender-specific CPS crosswalk (March CPS data). Estimates for the years 2000–2002 use actual (noncrosswalked) data from the BLS dual-coded data set
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 215–241.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Katherine J. Curtis White; Kyle Crowder; Stewart E. Tolnay; Robert M. Adelman Abstract Using historical census microdata, we present a unique analysis of racial and gender disparities in destination selection and an exploration ofhypotheses regarding tied migration in the historical context ofthe...
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 275–299.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Emily Hannum Abstract Two theoretical perspectives have dominated debates about the impact of development on gender stratification: modernization theory, which argues that gender inequalities decline with economic growth, and the “women in development” perspective, which argues that development may...
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Demography (2003) 40 (4): 637–657.
Published: 01 November 2003
... ratio and the incidence of female feti-cide that suggest the intensification of gender bias. We argue that the anomaly is the result of a diffusion of prenatal sex-diagnostic techniques in regions where there is a large unmet demand for such methods. Using the NFHS data, we estimate that in northern...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 411–423.
Published: 01 August 1989
...Jay D. Teachman; Paul T. Schollaert Abstract We address the impact of the gender of children on birth timing. Our findings suggest that a preference to balance the gender of children affects the timing of births, not a preference for either sons or daughters. At parity 2, women with children...
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Demography (2018) 55 (3): 769–797.
Published: 13 April 2018
...Thomas Leopold Abstract In this study, I examined gender differences in the consequences of divorce by tracing annual change in 20 outcome measures covering four domains: economic, housing and domestic, health and well-being, and social. I used data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP...
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