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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Economists for gender quotas in parliaments!
Around the world, women are still largely underrepresented in politics. Can political affirmative action for women reduce this gender bias? While women have the legal right to equal participation in politics in almost every country around the world, they remain … Continue reading
Revolution of Family Policies in France!?
The French family tax splitting (quotient familial) not only favours high-income families, but in particular couples which great earnings disparities and hereby a traditional male breadwinner model of the family. The abolishment of the family tax splitting in France would … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Luci, Callan, child poverty, Dex, effective marginal tax rate, Ehegattensplitting, Eissa and Hoynes (2002), family poverty, Family tax splitting, François Hollande, French Revolution, gender debate, gender equality, Kindergeld, male breadwinner model, progressive tax system, quotient familial, second earner, Smith and Vlasblom (2003)
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Women’s legal rights – progress and backlashes
In every region of the world, there has been a significant progress on legal reform to expand the scope of women’s rights. Law implementation and enforcement improves women’s access to justice and therefore can advance gender equality. However, a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged legal restrictions on women's right to work; World Bank funding: OECD funding; gender equality, Progress for the World’s Women in Pursuit of Justice; Michelle Bachelet; women in parliament, UN Women, United Nations Entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women, women's decision making power, women's legal rights, women's physical integration, women's voice
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