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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 …

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Gender and rural non-farm entrepreneurship

Rijkers, Bob; Costa, Rita - 2012

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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...

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Gender and Rural Non-Farm Entrepreneurship

Rijkers, Bob - 2017

productivity of non-farm entrepreneurship. Except for Ethiopia, women are less likely than men to become nonfarm entrepreneurs …. Women's nonfarm entrepreneurship isn' t strongly correlated with household composition or educational attainment, but is … especially prevalent amongst women who are the head of their household. Female-led firms are much smaller and less productive on …

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Gender and Rural Non-Farm Entrepreneurship

Costa, Rita; Rijkers, Bob - 2012

paper analyses gender differences in rural non-farm entrepreneurship. Women have lower rates of non-farm entrepreneurship …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012554343

Gender and Rural Non-farm Entrepreneurship

Rijkers, Bob; Costa, Rita - 2012

productivity of non-farm entrepreneurship. Except for Ethiopia, women are less likely than men to become nonfarm entrepreneurs …. Women's nonfarm entrepreneurship isn't strongly correlated with household composition or educational attainment, but is … especially prevalent amongst women who are the head of their household. Female-led firms are much smaller and less productive on …

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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

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...

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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