Add to ORKGThis paper addresses the poor socio-economic performance of Jamaican females despite superior human capital. A holistic explanation exploring female lifestyle choices is advanced since discipline-specific theories fail to explain occupational clustering and the resulting earnings gap. It is hypothesized that both reflect lifestyle constraints, which may be linked to characteristics of the social environment. Since these constraints affect different groups of women differently, then policies designed to reduce occupational dis-similarity and female-male earnings gap must adapt a dis-aggregated analysis. Catherine Hakim’s model of female dis-aggregation and data from the World Bank’s Living Standards Measurement Survey, LSMS, are used to adva...
While gender equality in the Caribbean is improving, with women’s growing social, economic, and poli...
The number of women in the world labour force is growing. Nevertheless, in spite of women's large sh...
Higher incomes for women can have significant beneficial impacts for poverty reduction both in the s...
This paper addresses the poor socio-economic performance of Jamaican females despite superior human ...
This paper addresses the poor socio-economic performance of Jamaican females despite superior human ...
Caribbean women are more likely than men to be unemployed, as evidenced by the economies studied her...
This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons appro...
The gaps between male and female outcomes and opportunities are present in several different dimensi...
Adopting a gender-aware perspective, this paper investigates the controversial relationship of inequ...
The purpose of this study is to test two competing explanations for the gender earnings gap, those e...
Girls’ and boys’ learning has been socially constructed through capitalism, which is replicated in p...
The central purpose of this thesis is to explore the dimensions of labour market adjustment in Jamai...
Female labour force participation remains low across much of the developing world despite robust eco...
Despite having higher average education levels, Nicaraguan women still earn much less than men. Furt...
This paper argues that Caribbean societies have always depended on significant amounts of women's la...
While gender equality in the Caribbean is improving, with women’s growing social, economic, and poli...
The number of women in the world labour force is growing. Nevertheless, in spite of women's large sh...
Higher incomes for women can have significant beneficial impacts for poverty reduction both in the s...
This paper addresses the poor socio-economic performance of Jamaican females despite superior human ...
This paper addresses the poor socio-economic performance of Jamaican females despite superior human ...
Caribbean women are more likely than men to be unemployed, as evidenced by the economies studied her...
This paper analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons appro...
The gaps between male and female outcomes and opportunities are present in several different dimensi...
Adopting a gender-aware perspective, this paper investigates the controversial relationship of inequ...
The purpose of this study is to test two competing explanations for the gender earnings gap, those e...
Girls’ and boys’ learning has been socially constructed through capitalism, which is replicated in p...
The central purpose of this thesis is to explore the dimensions of labour market adjustment in Jamai...
Female labour force participation remains low across much of the developing world despite robust eco...
Despite having higher average education levels, Nicaraguan women still earn much less than men. Furt...
This paper argues that Caribbean societies have always depended on significant amounts of women's la...
While gender equality in the Caribbean is improving, with women’s growing social, economic, and poli...
The number of women in the world labour force is growing. Nevertheless, in spite of women's large sh...
Higher incomes for women can have significant beneficial impacts for poverty reduction both in the s...