The invisible family load and the gender earnings gap in Kenya
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Family load; Gender; Poverty; Productivity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- J16 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of Gender; Non-labor Discrimination
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
- C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
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