scholarly journals Wage Determination with Special Reference to Role in a Family

2011 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 37-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lenka Filipová ◽  
Zuzana Machová
Keyword(s):  
Special Reference ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Wage Discrimination ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Wage Determination ◽  
Response Model ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Wage Regression ◽  
Ordered Response

Wage Determination with Special Reference to Role in a Family The paper has arisen as a part of the project dealing with the questions of measuring of wage determinants and wage discrimination on the basis of different subjective requirements of women and men on their wages. Using the ordered-response model (Ordered Probit), it analysed wage determination on the basis of Mincer's Wage Regression including dummies for role in a family. The analysis was carried out with the total sample of respondents and subsequently separately for men and women. The data were gained from a questionnaire survey carried out in Ostrava city, Czech Republic. In general, the analysis did not prove previous conclusions of theories or empirical studies about prevailing influence of family characteristics on the wage rate. Nevertheless, it proved statistically significant differences in the wage determination between men and women, and showed that in the case of men, some family characteristics may have been important for determining the wages.

Gender Wage Gap

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 53-67 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zuzana Machová ◽  
Lenka Filipová
Keyword(s):  
Gender Wage Gap ◽  
Wage Gap ◽  
Personal Characteristics ◽  
Probit Model ◽  
Wage Discrimination ◽  
Family Characteristics ◽  
Family Status ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Wage Regression ◽  
And Gender

This paper was written as a part of a research project studying problem of wage determinant measuring and wage discrimination considering different wage requirements of men and women. The wage determinants and gender wage discrimination are analyzed using a probit model. The whole analysis is methodologically based on Mincer’s Wage Regression and Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition of gender wage gap. The wage variables include, aside from standard personal characteristics, dummies for institutional and firm characteristics and dummies for family status and family roles. The data were gained by a questionnaire survey carried out in Ostrava city. The results of the analysis, representative for the city, show statistically significant differences between wage determinants of men and women. The survey concluded in 2 statements: (1) family role is an important wage determinant and its inclusion to Mincer’s Wage Regression leads to better explanation of wages; and (2) including family characteristics in Oaxaca-Blinder decomposition can significantly reduce unexplained part of gender wage gap, i.e., a part of a wage difference usually ascribed to gender wage discrimination can be explained by different preferences of men and women on a labor market.

scholarly journals Factorial invariance of the Physical Self-Concept Scale in Mexican students (Invarianza factorial de la escala de autoconcepto físico en hombres y mujeres estudiantes universitarios)

Retos ◽  
2017 ◽  
pp. 114-116
Author(s):  
Elia Verónica Benavides Pando ◽  
José René Blanco Ornelas ◽  
Jesús Enrique Peinado Pérez ◽  
Julio César Guedea Delgado ◽  
Martha Ornelas Contreras
Keyword(s):  
Physical Attractiveness ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Self Concept ◽  
Factorial Structure ◽  
Motor Competence ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Mexican Students ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Estudiantes Universitarios

Abstract. The present study analyses the psychometric properties proposed by Blanco, Blanco, Viciana, and Zueck (2015) for the Physical Self-Concept Scale (CAF). The total sample consisted of 1,500 Mexican university students, with a mean age of 20.69 years (± SD = 2.33). Confirmatory factorial analyses showed that a two-factor structure is viable and adequate for both studied groups (men and women). The structure of two factors (motor competence and physical attractiveness), according to statistical and substantive criteria, has shown adequate indicators of reliability and validity adjustment. In addition, the factorial structure, factor loads and intercepts are considered invariant in the two groups studied. However, differences between the two groups for the factor means were found. Further research should replicate these findings in larger samples.Resumen. El presente estudio analiza las propiedades psicométricas propuestos por Blanco, Blanco, Viciana y Zueck (2015) para la escala de autoconcepto físico (CAF). La muestra total fue de 1500 universitarios mexicanos, con una edad media de 20.69 años (± DE=2.33). Los análisis factoriales confirmatorios mostraron que una estructura de dos factores es viable y adecuada para ambos grupos (hombres y mujeres). La estructura de dos factores (competencia motora y atractivo físico), atendiendo a criterios estadísticos y sustantivos, ha mostrado adecuados indicadores de ajuste de fiabilidad y validez. Además, la estructura factorial, las cargas factoriales y los interceptos se consideran invariantes en las dos poblaciones estudiadas; sin embargo, existen diferencias entre las poblaciones para las medias de los factores. Futuras investigaciones deberían replicar estos hallazgos en muestras más amplias.

scholarly journals Factores que impiden el empoderamiento económico de la mujer chihuahuense

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-36
Author(s):  
Elsy Denise Martínez-Torres ◽  
Olinda Ornelas-Benítez ◽  
Jorge Luis Estrada-Perea ◽  
Herik Germán Valles-Baca
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Sociodemographic Factors ◽  
Wage Discrimination ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Statistical Methodology ◽  
Gender Perspective ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Participation Of Women ◽  
Labor Statistics ◽  
Main Factors

In recent decades, the participation of women in all movements is increasing, in the field of labor statistics affected by this increase, however, the percentage of discriminatory practices towards women has also been detected in Mexico in the labor market, which has managed to generate high rates of wage discrimination and a lower probability of obtaining better paid positions. Due to the importance of this issue, this study presents the main factors that impede the empowerment of Chihuahua women, through a descriptive statistical methodology, focusing their analysis on the study of the characteristics between men and women when entering the labor market and how They are reflected in the salary remuneration, with the way of knowing if this phenomenon is due to sociodemographic factors or a gender perspective problem, and thus show the current panorama faced by women in the state of Chihuahua.

scholarly journals DNA Methylation Signatures of Breastfeeding in Buccal Cells Collected in Mid-Childhood

Nutrients ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 2804 ◽  
Author(s):  
Odintsova ◽  
Hagenbeek ◽  
Suderman ◽  
Caramaschi ◽  
van Beijsterveldt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Dna Methylation ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Buccal Cells ◽  
Maternal Characteristics ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
Median Split ◽  
Duration Of Breastfeeding ◽  
Stratified Analysis

Breastfeeding has long-term benefits for children that may be mediated via the epigenome. This pathway has been hypothesized, but the number of empirical studies in humans is small and mostly done by using peripheral blood as the DNA source. We performed an epigenome-wide association study (EWAS) in buccal cells collected around age nine (mean = 9.5) from 1006 twins recruited by the Netherlands Twin Register (NTR). An age-stratified analysis examined if effects attenuate with age (median split at 10 years; n<10 = 517, mean age = 7.9; n>10 = 489, mean age = 11.2). We performed replication analyses in two independent cohorts from the NTR (buccal cells) and the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC) (peripheral blood), and we tested loci previously associated with breastfeeding in epigenetic studies. Genome-wide DNA methylation was assessed with the Illumina Infinium MethylationEPIC BeadChip (Illumina, San Diego, CA, USA) in the NTR and with the HumanMethylation450 Bead Chip in the ALSPAC. The duration of breastfeeding was dichotomized (‘never‘ vs. ‘ever’). In the total sample, no robustly associated epigenome-wide significant CpGs were identified (α = 6.34 × 10–8). In the sub-group of children younger than 10 years, four significant CpGs were associated with breastfeeding after adjusting for child and maternal characteristics. In children older than 10 years, methylation differences at these CpGs were smaller and non-significant. The findings did not replicate in the NTR sample (n = 98; mean age = 7.5 years), and no nearby sites were associated with breastfeeding in the ALSPAC study (n = 938; mean age = 7.4). Of the CpG sites previously reported in the literature, three were associated with breastfeeding in children younger than 10 years, thus showing that these CpGs are associated with breastfeeding in buccal and blood cells. Our study is the first to show that breastfeeding is associated with epigenetic variation in buccal cells in children. Further studies are needed to investigate if methylation differences at these loci are caused by breastfeeding or by other unmeasured confounders, as well as what mechanism drives changes in associations with age.

Hospitality situations, consumer expertise, and perceptions of wine attributes: three empirical studies

2019 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dale F. Duhan ◽  
Shannon B. Rinaldo ◽  
Natalia Velikova ◽  
Tim Dodd ◽  
Brent Trela
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Dimensional Structure ◽  
Product Knowledge ◽  
Product Attributes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Wine Consumption ◽  
Consumer Expertise ◽  
Academic Researchers

PurposeWine choices are not always fully understood by academic researchers or the industry. This paper aims to outline and test a theoretical model proposing that wine consumption may be dependent on differences in consumer expertise, the hospitality situation, characteristics of the wine itself and an interaction of these variables.Design/methodology/approachThree empirical studies (total sample size = 356) tested these theoretical propositions. Consumers with varying levels of wine knowledge were presented with experimental vignettes showing videos of wine opening and pouring and were asked to pair wines with hospitality situations.FindingsStudy 1 found that consumers with low product knowledge were more sensitive to hospitality situations and extrinsic product attributes (closures) than were the experts. Study 2 found that wine hospitality situations fall into three predicted categories, namely, food, friends and formality, although contrary to prediction, the presence of food was the weakest predictors. Study 3 demonstrated the robustness of the three-dimensional structure of wine hospitality situations.Practical implicationsThese studies provided important practical information because targeting various market segments requires the industry to know what product attributes are favored by different groups of consumers different situations.Originality/valuePrevious researchers have discussed the difficulty of measuring consumption situations. By limiting these studies to wine consumption within hospitality situations, the authors learned much about how consumers’ characteristics, product attributes and the situations interact to influence not only product assessments but also choices.

On a Name Change for the Journal

1986 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-168
Author(s):  
J. E. Epperson ◽  
C. L. Huang ◽  
T. T. Fu ◽  
S. M. Fletcher
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
General View ◽  
Response Model ◽  
High Quality ◽  
Name Change ◽  
High Quality Journal ◽  
Ordered Response ◽  
Ordered Response Model

AbstractMembership of the Southern Agricultural Economics Association (SAEA) was polled to ascertain the strength of support for changing the name of the Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics (SJAE) to eliminate the regional connotation. The general view was that a name change is unwarranted. The overall impression of our profession is that the SJAE is a high quality journal and that the name is not the crucial factor in promulgating this image but rather the continued striving for excellence. A number of profiles were developed to show that the ordered-response model may be used in predicting probabilities for those who would or would not likely favor a name change.

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