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Determinants of the Low Female Labour Force Participation in India
Sorsa, Piritta; Mares, Jan; Didier, Mathilde; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276836
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Culture, Policies and Labor Market Outcomes
Giavazzi, Francesco; Schiantarelli, Fabio; Serafinelli, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009
We study whether cultural attitudes towards gender, the young, and leisure are significant determinants of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008496460
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Reducing skills imbalances to foster productivity growth of Malaysia
Espinoza, Ricardo; Vandeweyer, Marieke - 2019
To enjoy the same success in the future as in the past, Malaysia will need to ensure that more people develop the right skills and use them effectively in the workplace. Special attention needs to be devoted to supporting disadvantaged students and adults in developing critical skills and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012203203
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Gender Roles and Technological Progress
Albanesi, Stefania; Olivetti, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
Until the early decades of the 20th century, women spent more than 60% of their prime-age years either pregnant or nursing. Since then, the introduction of infant formula reduced women's comparative advantage in infant care, by providing an effective breast milk substitute. In addition, improved...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666426
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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey
Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA journal of labor & development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34
Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage …, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early career worldwide, a period which is perceived to be an important … determinant of the overall gender wage disparity. This paper analyzes data from the School-to-Work Transition (SWT) survey, an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009764450
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Does Market Liberalization Reduce Gender Discrimination? Econometric Evidence from Hungary, 1986-98
Campos, Nauro F; Jolliffe, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
An alleged achievement of socialism was gender equality in the labour market. Has its collapse shattered this …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005067679
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The determinants of housework time : boosting the efficiency of household production could have large economic effects
Stratton, Leslie S. - 2015
driven in part by the gender differential in wages. Efforts to reduce the gender wage gap and alter gendered norms of … behavior should reduce the gender bias in household production time and reduce inefficiency in home production. Policymakers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430529
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Egyptian men working abroad: Labour supply responses by the women left behind
Binzel, Christine; Assaad, Ragui - In: Labour Economics 18 (2011) S1, pp. 98-98
Female labour force participation has remained low in Egypt. This paper examines whether male international migration provides a leeway for women to enter the labour market and/or to increase their labour supply. In line with previous studies, we find a decrease in wage work particularly in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010573904
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Migration Restrictions Can Create Gender Inequality : The Story of China's Left-Behind Children
Gao, Xuwen; Liang, Wenquan; Mobarak, Ahmed Mushfiq; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
than sons. Although China's hukou mobility restrictions are not gender-specific in intent, they have larger adverse effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014226187
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Atypische Beschaeftigungsverhaeltnisse – Einleitung zum Schwerpunktheft (Atypical employment - Introduction)
Keller, Berndt; Nienhueser, Werner - In: Industrielle Beziehungen - Zeitschrift fuer Arbeit, … 21 (2014) 1, pp. 5-14
Zu den atypischen Beschaeftigungsverhaeltnissen zaehlen wir im Folgenden (im Sinne einer Nominaldefinition) Teilzeit, geringfuegige Beschaeftigung/Mini- und Midijobs, befristete Beschaeftigung, Leiharbeit, Werkvertraege sowie Solo-Selbststaendigkeit. Die dieses Schwerpunktheftes spiegeln sowohl...
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