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Maternity leave in turbulent times: effects on labor market transitions and fertility in Russia, 1985-2000

Gerber, Theodore P.; Perelli-Harris, Brienna - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2009

Maternity leave policies are designed to ease the tension between women’s employment and fertility, but whether they … actually play such a role remains unclear. We analyze the individual-level effects of maternity leave on employment outcomes …

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Leaving the parental home in post-war Japan: social, economic and demographic determinants

Fukuda, Setsuya - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2010

This paper examines the relationship between home-leaving intensities of young adults and the rapid social, economic, and demographic changes that took place in post-World War II Japan. By using event-history modeling, the study shows that the declines in sibling numbers and in rural residence...

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Nonmarket networks among migrants

Yamauchi, Futoshi; Tanabe, Sakiko - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2003

/year-specific correlated shocks, show that (1) the relative size of the migrant population in the market decreases employment probabilities of … new migrants (negative substitution effect), (2) the employment probability of previous migrants increases those of new … migrants (positive externalities), and (3) when the employment probability of previous migrants approaches to unity, the size …

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Some urban facts of life

Ruel, Marie T.; Haddad, Lawrence James; Garrett, James L. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

This review of recent literature explores the challenges to urban food and nutrition security in the rapidly urbanizing developing world. The premise of the manuscript is that the causes of malnutrition and food insecurity in urban and rural areas are different due primarily to a number of...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997269

Gender differences in agricultural productivity

Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1995

This paper reviews the econometric evidence on gender differences in agricultural productivity. It provides a methodological overview and a critique of (1) production function-based estimates of technical and labor productivity differences by gender, (2) individual (gender-disaggregated) labor...

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Woman’s employment and union disruption in a changing socio-economic context: the case of Russia

Muszynska, Magdalena M. - Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, … - 2006

Drawing on data from new Russian retrospective surveys, this study examines the relationship between women’s employment … the job conducted: occupational status, hours worked and income from side employment activities. Since the collapse of … light of the independence effect of women’s employment. …

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Human capital, productivity, and labor allocation in rural Pakistan

Fafchamps, Marcel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1998

This paper investigates whether human capital affects the productivity and labor allocation of rural households in four districts of Pakistan. The investigation shows that households with better-educated males earn higher off-farm income and divert labor resources away from farm activities...

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Working women in an urban setting

Levin, Carol E.; Maxwell, Daniel G.; Armar-Klemesu, Margaret - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

Data collected from a 1997 household survey carried out in Accra, Ghana, are used to look at the crucial role that women play as income earners and in securing access to food in urban areas. The high number of female-headed households and the large percent of working women in the sample provide...

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Social roles, human capital, and the intrahousehold division of labor

Fafchamps, Marcel; Quisumbing, Agnes R. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1999

Using detailed data from rural Pakistan, this paper investigates whether human capital, learning by doing, gender, and one's status within the family affect the division of labor within households. Results suggest the presence of returns to individual specialization in all farm, nonfarm, and...

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Women's economic advancement through agricultural change

Peña, Christine; Webb, Patrick; Haddad, Lawrence James - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 1996

This paper reviews donor experience with the design of development projects that are sensitive to gender-specific constraints. The review finds that the gap between intentions and implementation as regards gender-sensitivity is larger in agriculture than in health and nutrition. One of the...

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