Content with the tag: género
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Why are there fewer women in manual occupations?
January 2020
Margarita Torre, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid;
Two out of every three workers in manual occupations are men, and women continue to be a minority in occupations such as construction, and industry. What factors influence segregation by gender in the labour market?
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What is the value of domestic work in Spain?
December 2019
Marta Dominguez Folgueras, Department of Sociology of Sciences Po (Paris Institute of Political Studies);
Caring for children and dependent elderly people, cooking, cleaning the house… what economic value can we attribute to unpaid domestic tasks? We calculate what this invisible work would represent for Spain’s GDP.
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How many people do we know?
November 2019
Miranda Jessica Lubbers, José Luis Molina and Hugo Valenzuela, (Investigation Group GRAFO, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona); Adaptation: Xavier Aguilar;
According to this study, we frequently interact with an average of 536 acquaintances, but the number is different for each person. What factors influence the size of our relationship circles?