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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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Demography (2004) 41 (3): 509–528.
Published: 01 August 2004
... gender inequities before puberty and outside the realm of pregnancy. Reductions in pregnancy-related dropouts complement but do not replace efforts to reduce gender discrimination in schooling. Recent data from Demographic and Health Surveys should make it possible to extend this analysis to other...
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Demography (2023) 60 (4): 1005–1029.
Published: 01 August 2023
...Maria Vaalavuo; Henri Salokangas; Ossi Tahvonen Abstract This article employs a couple-level framework to examine how a child's severe illness affects within-family gender inequality. We study parental labor market responses to a child's cancer diagnosis by exploiting an event-study methodology...
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1917–1927.
Published: 05 October 2015
... programs succeeded in reducing gender and socioeconomic inequalities in school attainment among a sample of the rural poor in Bangladesh. Multivariate analyses find that targeted stipend programs helped to reduce the gender attainment gap. Females had an increased probability of participating in stipend...
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Demography (2022) 59 (1): 111–136.
Published: 01 February 2022
..., changing family structures are considered to have strengthened the reproduction of social inequalities across generations. However, several studies have shown that childhood family structure relates differently to educational outcomes for sons than for daughters. Therefore, we ask whether there are gender...
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Demography (1991) 28 (4): 571–586.
Published: 01 November 1991
... of the High School Class of 1972. Background and Significance In the past decade, a considerable body of research has appeared on both the formation * This research was facilitated by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to the Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality. An earlier...
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 195–203.
Published: 01 May 1999
...? A Closer Look at the Shrinking Gender Gap in Earnings . American Journal of Sociology , 101 , 302 – 28 . 10.1086/230726 Bernhardt , A. ( 1997 ). Percentages, Odds, and the Meaning of Inequality: Reply to Cotter et al . American Journal of Sociology , 102 , 1154 – 62 . 10.1086/231043...
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Demography (1991) 28 (4): 549–570.
Published: 01 November 1991
....” Genus . Demography, Vol. 28, No.4, November 1991 Gender and Changing Generational Relations: Spouse Choice in Indonesia* Anju Malhotra Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality Department of Sociology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-1315 Many Asian societies are undergoing...
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Demography (2021) 58 (2): 551–570.
Published: 01 April 2021
... quarter and, even more so, the top decile. Moreover, insufficient theoretical and methodological attention to this top premium effect has left gender inequality concealed in the extensive empirical studies on the topic. Specifically, when we artificially censor the top at the 80th wage percentile...
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Demography (2000) 37 (4): 401–414.
Published: 01 November 2000
... , 1083 – 98 . 10.2307/353011 Bianchi , S.M. , Milkie , M. , Sayer , L. , & Robinson , J.P. ( 2000 ). Is Anyone Doing the Housework? Trends in the Gender Division of Household Labor . Social Forces , 79 , 191 – 228 . 10.2307/2675569 Bianchi , S.M...
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Demography (1993) 30 (4): 523–532.
Published: 01 November 1993
... of the Referee System . Minerva , 9 , 66 – 100 . 10.1007/BF01553188 Demography, Vol. 30, No.4, November 1993 Thirty Years of Demography Jay D. Teachman Kathleen Paasch Karen Price Carver Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality Department of Sociology University of Maryland College Park, MD...
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Job, Family, and Gender: Determinants of Nonstandard Work Schedules Among Employed Americans in 1991
Demography (1995) 32 (4): 577–598.
Published: 01 November 1995
... support to the Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and special funds from the University of Maryland to support the author's Distinguished Faculty Research Fellowship for the 1993-1994 academic year. This paper was revised for publication...
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Writing the names: Marriage style, living arrangements, and first birth interval in a Nepali society
Demography (1993) 30 (2): 175–188.
Published: 01 May 1993
... of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48106-1248 Jay D. Teachman Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality and Department of Sociology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742-1315 Using data from a Nepali population, this analysis argues that marriage style and postmarital living arrangements affect...
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Demography (1992) 29 (1): 39–57.
Published: 01 February 1992
....” . Journal of Biosocial Science , 12 , 141 – 52 . Demography, Vol. 29, No.1, February 1992 Intergenerational Patterns of Teenage Fertility* Joan R. Kahn Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality Department of Sociology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 Kay E. Anderson National...
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Demography (1990) 27 (3): 323–335.
Published: 01 August 1990
... Young Americans . Family Planning Perspectives , 15 ( 2 ), 64 – 70 . 10.2307/2134848 Demography, Vol. 27, No.3, August 1990 Adolescent Contraceptive Method Choices Joan R. Kahn Department of Sociology and Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality, University of Maryland, College Park...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 411–423.
Published: 01 August 1989
..., University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 Paul T. Schollaert Department of Sociology and Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0090 We address the impact of the gender of children on birth timing. Our findings suggest that a preference...
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Demography (1989) 26 (4): 523–543.
Published: 01 November 1989
... for Children? The Economy, Work Schedules, and Child Care Population Association of America, 1989 Presidential Address Harriet B. Presser Department of Sociology and Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 Not only are Americans having fewer...
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 71–81.
Published: 01 February 1998
... Desai and Soumya Alva, Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality, University of Maryland at College Park, 3114 Art-Sociol- ogy Building, College Park, MD 20742-1315; e-mail:[email protected]. This research was supported in part by funds from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation...
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Demography (2021) 58 (3): 987–1010.
Published: 01 June 2021
... fixed effects, considering intrahousehold relationships among individuals, and addressing sample selection issues. Disaggregating the effect on separate streams, we find that girls are most underrepresented in the study of science. Our findings indicate that gender inequality in economic outcomes...
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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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