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This paper uses over 20 years of data from Indonesia's labor force survey to study trends in female labor force participation (FLFP). We find that younger women in urban areas have increased their labor force participation in recent years, largely through wage employment, while younger women in...
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and male workers. The wage analysis reveals that, on average, the gender wage gap has been lowest in routine cognitive … occupational specialization during the period of analysis. (Asian Dev Rev/GIGA) …
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rounds in risky skill games if the influence of chance is large. There is no gender difference if the influence of chance is …
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countries in the North shift their imports to emerging economies in Asia. Decomposition results indicate that the decline in the …
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importance of structural change in reducing gender disparities by decreasing the labor demand for physical attributes. The … results show that India, the country with the greatest physical labor requirements, exhibits the largest labor market gender … inequality. In contrast, Brazil's labor requirements have followed a similar trend seen in the United States, reducing gender …
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This paper investigates gender preferences for offspring within the native French population and among immigrants from … lack thereof) of gender preferences among immigrants in France. This allows the findings of the paper to serve as a tool … transitions to second and third child births contingent upon gender of existing children and by migration status provides two main …
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gender. We begin by exploring Darjeeling Tea as a famous form of national GI in India that reflects some of the ideological … political ecology in Southeast Asia. By examining palm oil expansion, the decline in swidden agriculture, and subsequent … both environmental and social justice concerns, including greater gender equity. Ultimately, this chapter illustrates how …
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In Asia, aging countries with slow population growth worry about a lack of workers in the future and see older people …
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