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Man-cessions, Fiscal Policy, and the Gender Composition of Employment

Bredemeier, Christian; Juessen, Falko; Winkler, Roland - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015

fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …

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Where to Work? The Role of the Household in Explaining Gender Differences in Labour Market Outcomes

Dimova, Ralitza; Gang, Ira N.; Landon-Lane, John - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

With the use of panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys, this paper explores the sectoral reallocation of labour by gender. In Bulgaria, men and women started the transition on an almost equal standing, allowing us to concentrate our attention on the...

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Disability, Gender and the Labour Market

Jones, Melanie K.; Latreille, Paul L.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003

indicate that substantial differences in both the likelihood of employment and levels of earnings exist, despite several years …’ for disability is greater for women than for men. Using the Baldwin and Johnson (1992) methodology, we find the employment …

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Do Employers Discriminate by Gender? A Field Experiment in Female-Dominated Occupations

Booth, Alison L.; Leigh, Andrew - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We test for gender discrimination by sending fake CVs to apply for entry-level jobs. Female candidates are more likely to receive a callback, with the difference being largest in occupations that are more female-dominated.

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Path-Breakers: How Does Women's Political Participation Respond to Electoral Success?

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma; Iyer, Lakshmi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

regression discontinuity afforded by close elections between women and men in India's state elections, we find that a woman … margin in India where a substantial number of incumbents do not contest re-election. There is no significant entry of new …

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Persistence in Infant Mortality: Evidence for the Indian States

Arulampalam, Wiji; Bhalotra, Sonia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

fifteen major states of India. The main finding is that, in thirteen of the fifteen states, there is evidence of a causal …

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Health and the Political Agency of Women

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clots-Figueras, Irma - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

We investigate whether politician gender influences policy outcomes in India. We focus upon antenatal and postnatal …

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Women, Children and Patience: Experimental Evidence from Indian Villages

Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

random sample of individuals living in rural India, incentive compatible measures of patience and risk aversion, and detailed …

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The Puzzle of Muslim Advantage in Child Survival in India

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Valente, Christine; van Soest, Arthur - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

The socio-economic status of Indian Muslims is, on average, considerably lower than that of upper caste Hindus. Muslims have higher fertility and shorter birth spacing and are a minority group that, it has been argued, have poorer access to public goods. They nevertheless exhibit substantially...

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Tariffs, Social Status, and Gender in India

Anukriti, S; Kumler, Todd J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This paper shows that trade policy can have significant intergenerational distributional effects across gender and social strata. We compare women and births in rural Indian districts more or less exposed to tariff cuts. For low socioeconomic status women, tariff cuts increase the likelihood of...

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