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Economic development and female labor participation in the Middle East and North Africa : a test of the U-shape hypothesis
Verme, Paolo - In: IZA journal of labor & development 4 (2015) 3, pp. 1-21
(Investment in Women's Human Capital and Economic Development 1995) and observed elsewhere. This paper tests the U …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483457
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Women Managers and the Gender-Based Gap in Access to Education : Evidence from Firm-Level Data in Developing Countries
Amin, Mohammad - 2017
Several studies explore the differences in men?s and women?s labor market participation rates and wages. Some of these … among women relative to men in the country. The paper combines the literature on women?s careers in management, which has … proportion of female top managers also have higher enrollment rates for women relative to men in primary, secondary, and tertiary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971718
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Economic Development and Female Labor Participation in the Middle East and North Africa : A Test of the U-Shape Hypothesis
Verme, Paolo - 2017
The Middle East and North Africa region is known for having low female labor market participation rates as compared with its level of economic development. A possible explanation is that these countries find themselves at the turning point of the U-shape hypothesis when countries transition from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012973106
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Constraints to growth and job creation in low-income commenwealth of independent states countries
Verme, Paolo - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003351491
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Labor Regulation and Employment in India's Retail Stores
Amin, Mohammad - 2012
A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of the stores report labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data we analyze the effect of labor regulation on employment at the store level. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012552761
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Constraints to Growth and Job Creation in Low-Income Commonwealth of Independent States Countries
Verme, Paolo - 2012
Despite sustained output growth since 1997, low-income Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (CIS-7) have not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as "jobless growth." The author addresses the causes of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012553718
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Labor Regulation and Employment in India's Retail Stores
Amin, Mohammad - 2009
A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India shows that 27% of the stores find labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data, we analyze the effect of labor regulations on employment at the store level. We find that flexible labor regulations have a strong positive effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012562480
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Labor Regulation and Employment in India's Retail Stores
Amin, Mohammad - 2016
A new dataset of 1,948 retail stores in India compiled by the World Bank's Enterprise Surveys shows that 27 percent of the stores report labor regulations as a problem for their business. Using these data we analyze the effect of labor regulation on employment at the store level. We find that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012747649
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Constraints to Growth and Job Creation in Low-Income Commonwealth of Independent States Countries
Verme, Paolo - 2016
Despite sustained output growth since 1997, low-income Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) countries (CIS-7) have not experienced growth in employment, a phenomenon observed elsewhere in transitional economies and labeled as jobless growth. The author addresses the causes of this phenomenon...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012748041