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Discrimination
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Paternalistic gender discrimination: Evidence from labour markets in Bangladesh
Employers can discriminate and restrict women from taking up employment opportunities deemed unsafe. Research from Bangladesh suggests female workers entering the labour market may suffer most from paternalistic discrimination, where male workers ‘protect’ female workers from tasks perceived as difficult or harmful.
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Caste, identity, and worker productivity in India
While caste-based occupations may hold 'productivity benefits', removing the discriminatory links between low castes and work brings even larger gains
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Bad taste: Gender discrimination in consumer lending
Discrimination in consumer lending seems to come largely from biased male officers; combatting it may require cultural changes at the institutional level
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Something to complain about: How minority representatives overcome ethnic barriers
Access to formal complaints technologies improves minorities’ strategic bargaining power within local government and improves public good provision
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Does your cultural background affect your credit profile?
In Indian banks, cultural proximity (shared beliefs, ethnicity) between lenders and borrowers increases access to credit and reduces default
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Missing unmarried women
Being unmarried, especially through widowhood, can have substantial effects on relative rates of female mortality in the developing world