-skilled workers and women. The IMF report highlights that social security contributions and payroll taxes amount to almost 50 percent …

study suggest that it would be beneficial to level the playing field by removing obstacles that prevent women from becoming …

rationalizing government size, shifting resources from low-productivity sectors to higher ones, and encouraging women to enter the …

The proposed SDN discusses the specific macro-critical aspects of women’s participation in the labor market and the … constraints that prevent women from developing their full economic potential. Building on earlier Fund analysis, work undertaken …

one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we … model the labor force participation choices of women, conditional on demographic characteristics and education, as well as …

fertility, and (iv) there is a need for more public spending on childcare for age 6-11 in Japan and Korea to help women continue …

families, higher female education, and lower marriage rates are associated with much of the rise in women's aggregate … across countries. Raising female participation could provide an important boost to growth, but women face two hurdles in … participating in the workforce in Japan. First, few working women start out in career-track positions, and second, many women drop …