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The paper deals with female employment in developing countries. We set out a model to test our argument that, at the first stage of development, demographic and health programmes have proven to be more effective for women's position in the society than specific labour and income support...
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breastfeeding mothers in developing countries will find EBF attractive as a better alternative to infant food considering the high … key factors which act as impediments to EBF among working mothers in this region - insufficient breastfeeding breaks in …
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effects on labor market outcomes of Chilean mothers, while fathers remain unaffected. Becoming a mother implies a sharp … decline in mothers' labor supply, both in the extensive and intensive margins, and in hourly wages. We also show that … motherhood affects the occupational structure of employed mothers, as the share of jobs in the informal sector increases …
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more conservative gender norms and less generous family policies are associated with larger differences between mothers …' and non-mothers' labour market outcomes. …
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Improving women's labor force participation and the quality of their employment can boost economic growth and support poverty and inequality reduction; thus, it is highly pertinent for the development agenda. However, existing systematic reviews on female labor market outcomes and childcare,...
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The relationship between paid maternity leave and the share of female workers in registered private firms is analyzed using firm-level survey data for 111 developing and emerging countries. Theoretically, the relationship can be either positive or negative. Higher maternity leave raises the cost...
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