Women's Inheritance Rights, Household Allocation, and Gender Bias

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 150-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayana Bose ◽  
Shreyasee Das
Keyword(s):  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Difference In Differences ◽  
Cost Of Education ◽  
Education Of Women ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Household Allocation ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Women In India ◽  
Land Inheritance

We analyze the impact of improved land inheritance rights for women in India on female empowerment by examining their educational attainment and the intergenerational effects of the reform. Using a difference-in-differences strategy, we find that the amendment to the Hindu Succession Act significantly increased education of women from landed households by 0.48 years. However, our results indicate a significant decrease in the educational attainment of children, especially boys of treated mothers. We attribute this decrease to treated mothers who are better educated and able to assess the higher opportunity cost of education for boys.

scholarly journals Getting a Barista Job: Adjudicating the Impact of Human Capital, Social Capital, Age and Gender

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 139-152
Author(s):  
Ed Collom
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Capital ◽  
Human Capital ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
High Status ◽  
Capital Social ◽  
Age And Gender ◽  
Entry Level ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

This study concerns the role of human capital, social capital, age, and gender in acquiring a job as an entry-level barista. Employment records were coded and analyzed in order to identify the key factors differentiating this applicant pool. The results from multivariate models produce fewer positive associations between human capital and social capital indicators than the literature suggests. Those with greater educational attainment are more likely to have high-status references on their applications. As seen in previous literature, the social capital of applicants is not very relevant in acquiring this entry-level job. Overall, educational attainment was most salient in increasing the odds of being interviewed and hired. The managers responsible for these decisions appear to favor formal higher education over work experience or references. The findings are discussed vis-à-vis women’s gains in higher education, the growth of the service sector, and the aging of the U.S. population.

Intra-Household Allocation and Gender Bias in Nutrition

2017 ◽  
pp. 161-181
Author(s):  
Suresh C. Babu ◽  
Shailendra N. Gajanan ◽  
J. Arne Hallam
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Household Allocation

scholarly journals Constructing Interior Design Pedagogy

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Hughes ◽  
Keyword(s):  
North America ◽  
Middle East ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Interior Design ◽  
Design Education ◽  
Design Pedagogy ◽  
Hands On ◽  
Design Build ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

This paper explores the nascent state of hands-on pedagogy within interior design education with regard to the impact of design-build precedents native to architectural curricula, as well as the challenges imposed by conventional assumptions linked to intellectual hierarchies and gender bias. Two primary models are emerging: Objects and the, less common, Augmentation. These methods will be discussed and illustrated with examples drawn from schools in North America and the Middle East. Taken together the methods and projects structure an evolving taxonomy for pedagogies of making in interior design.

scholarly journals Disease and Gender Gaps in Human Capital Investment: Evidence from Niger's 1986 Meningitis Epidemic

2017 ◽  
Vol 107 (5) ◽  
pp. 530-535 ◽  
Author(s):  
Belinda Archibong ◽  
Francis Annan
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
Educational Attainment ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Social Inequality ◽  
Capital Investment ◽  
Human Capital Investment ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Tropics ◽  
The Impact

This paper examines whether disease burdens, especially prevalent in the tropics, contribute significantly to widening gender gaps in educational attainment. We estimate the impact of sudden exposure to the 1986 meningitis epidemic in Niger on girls' education relative to boys. Our results suggest that increases in meningitis cases during epidemic years significantly reduce years of education disproportionately for primary school-aged going girls in areas with higher meningitis exposure. There is no significant effect for boys in the same cohort and no effects of meningitis exposure for non-epidemic years. Our findings have broader implications for climate-induced disease effects on social inequality.

scholarly journals The Impact of Gender on Citations: An Analysis of College & Research Libraries, Journal of Academic Librarianship, and Library Quarterly

2005 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 312-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malin Håkanson
Keyword(s):  
Citation Analysis ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Research Libraries ◽  
Female Authors ◽  
Academic Librarianship ◽  
Citation Practice ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Three scholarly core journals of library and information science (LIS) were analyzed with respect to gender of article authors and gender of authors cited in these articles. The share of female contributors to these journals has certainly increased during the studied period, 1980–2000. However, the results of the quantitative citation analysis show puzzling differences concerning female and male authors’ citation practice. There may be a gender bias in LIS publishing, even though female authors have become more numerous. Further studies are needed to uncover the influence of other variables, such as subject content of the articles.

scholarly journals A World Full of Stereotypes? Further Investigation on Origin and Gender Bias in Multi-Lingual Word Embeddings

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mascha Kurpicz-Briki ◽  
Tomaso Leoni
Keyword(s):  
Natural Language Processing ◽  
Natural Language ◽  
Gender Bias ◽  
Language Processing ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Word Embeddings ◽  
German Word ◽  
And Gender ◽  
The Impact

Publicly available off-the-shelf word embeddings that are often used in productive applications for natural language processing have been proven to be biased. We have previously shown that this bias can come in different forms, depending on the language and the cultural context. In this work, we extend our previous work and further investigate how bias varies in different languages. We examine Italian and Swedish word embeddings for gender and origin bias, and demonstrate how an origin bias concerning local migration groups in Switzerland is included in German word embeddings. We propose BiasWords, a method to automatically detect new forms of bias. Finally, we discuss how cultural and language aspects are relevant to the impact of bias on the application and to potential mitigation measures.

Self-Compassion and Quality of Life in Adults Who Stutter

2020 ◽  
Vol 29 (4) ◽  
pp. 2097-2108
Author(s):  
Robyn L. Croft ◽  
Courtney T. Byrd
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Connectedness ◽  
The Self ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Self Compassion ◽  
Adults Who Stutter ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Relationship Of ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The purpose of this study was to identify levels of self-compassion in adults who do and do not stutter and to determine whether self-compassion predicts the impact of stuttering on quality of life in adults who stutter. Method Participants included 140 adults who do and do not stutter matched for age and gender. All participants completed the Self-Compassion Scale. Adults who stutter also completed the Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering. Data were analyzed for self-compassion differences between and within adults who do and do not stutter and to predict self-compassion on quality of life in adults who stutter. Results Adults who do and do not stutter exhibited no significant differences in total self-compassion, regardless of participant gender. A simple linear regression of the total self-compassion score and total Overall Assessment of the Speaker's Experience of Stuttering score showed a significant, negative linear relationship of self-compassion predicting the impact of stuttering on quality of life. Conclusions Data suggest that higher levels of self-kindness, mindfulness, and social connectedness (i.e., self-compassion) are related to reduced negative reactions to stuttering, an increased participation in daily communication situations, and an improved overall quality of life. Future research should replicate current findings and identify moderators of the self-compassion–quality of life relationship.

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