gender issues

January 9, 2015
Weekly economic news roundup and marriage
Published by Elaine Schwartz at January 9, 2015
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How Men Act When They Outnumber Women

How gender ratios in the U.S. and China affect men's financial behavior can be explained with supply and demand and behavioral economics from Gary Becker.

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June 30, 2014
Bezos wedding spending
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 30, 2014
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California's Proposition 8 Was Also About Economics

Our (occasional) Monday gender issue focus: Yesterday, at the Nantucket Film Festival, I watched the HBO documentary, The Case Against 8. Documenting the court battle against California’s Proposition 8, the […]

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June 16, 2014
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 16, 2014
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How Big is the Leisure Gap Between Men and Women?

Our Monday gender issue focus Married or single, weekends and weekdays, men have more leisure time than women. Imagine a typical weekend. Yes, mom might spend a […]

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June 2, 2014
Underutilized female human capital conveyed through gender issues and abolitionist movement in The Invention of Wings
Published by Elaine Schwartz at June 2, 2014
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Gender Issues: The Invention of Wings

Our Monday gender issues focus Combine 1 great read, 2 crucial issues and 3 memorable women (2 who really existed) and you get The Invention of Wings by […]

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May 19, 2014
Limited by men who want to take control female power, past and present female literacy is among the major gender issues.
Published by Elaine Schwartz at May 19, 2014
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Gender Issues: Literate Women

For millennia, men have tried to stop women from learning to read. Before we look back, I wanted to share these World Bank maps that let us see the […]

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