Tag: educated women
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Is a Woman in Brazil Better Off than a Woman in the U.S.?
Time: Is a Woman in Brazil Better Off than a Woman in the U.S.? Women overseas are reaching new heights professionally. Here's what we can learn from our emerging market counterpart. The mention of women in emerging economies often evokes a picture of oppressed and poverty-stricken victims, relegated to the sidelines of male-dominated cultures. That’s…
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Educated women don’t like globalization and trade as much
Marginal Revolution: Educated women don't like globalization and trade as much. Tyler Cowen quoting the abstract of the study by Michael Hiscox of Harvard: We examine new survey data on attitudes toward international trade showing that women are significantly less likely than men to support increasing trade with foreign nations. This gender gap remains large…