abstract many scholars believe that investment in women’s education not only reduces the gender gap, but also improves and enhances the cultural and educational level of women in the society. furthermore, economists believe that women’s education has a positive effect on their participation in the labor market. education is amongst the most important factors which not only benefits the people ...

Abstract Many scholars believe that investment in women’s education not only reduces the gender gap, but also improves and enhances the cultural and educational level of women in the society. Furthermore, economists believe that women’s education has a positive effect on their participation in the labor market. Education is amongst the most important factors which not only benefits the people...

While several studies examine the e¤ect of marriage market conditions on post-marital labor supply, few account for the e¤ect that these conditions may have on pre-marital investment decisions and mate selection. This paper investigates theoretically and empirically how changes in marriage market conditions a¤ect pre-marital investments. I …rst show how a change in the sex ratio –that is, the r...

While several studies examine the effect of marriage market conditions on post-marital labor supply, few account for the effect of these conditions on pre-marital investment decisions and mate selection. This paper investigates theoretically and empirically how changes in marriage market conditions affect pre-marital investments. I first show how a change in the sex ratio – that is, the ratio o...

OBJECTIVES Several studies report socioeconomic differences in work stress, where people in lower socioeconomic positions (SEP) are more likely to experience this burden. In the current study, we analyse associations between education and work stress in a large sample of workers from 16 European countries. In addition we explore whether distinct national labour market policies are related to sm...

Since implementing the one-child policy in the early 1980s, China has successfully controlled its population growth rate. However, this policy brought together some side effects, one of which is the unbalanced sex ratio. By the year 2000, China had 40.9 million more men than women. The large gender gap has affected both the labor market and the marriage market. We will present a model in which ...

nowadays, the female participation rate is known as one of the reasons of societies' development. hence, this study explores some of the effective factors such as education, marital status, age, and female-headed households on female participation probability in labor market. to achieve this goal, by using micro data of household survey in 2011, which is carried out by the statistical cent...

Like the stock market, the human capital market consists of a wide range of assets, i.e. educations. Each young individual chooses the educational asset that matches his preferred combination of risk and return in terms of future income. A unique register-based data set with exact information on type and level of education enables us to focus on the shared features between human capital and sto...

We document the correlations between early childhood health (as proxied by height) and educational attainment and investigate the labor market and wealth returns to height for United States cohorts born between 1820 and 1990. The nineteenth century was characterized by low investments in height and education, a small correlation between height and education, and positive but small returns for b...

in recent years despite the rise in the number of women who have graduated from universities women’s participation in the labor market has not been increased proportionally. the present study tries to examine the employment status of women graduates of higher education as well as of social and demographic factors affecting it. in this study, secondary analysis of data from 2% sample of census 1...