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Changing patterns of employment and unemployment in Africa : a comparative perspective on four Sub-Saharan countries

Endale, Derseh - 1995

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000933625

Gender, development, and policy : toward equity and empowerment

Moghadam, Valentine M. - 1991

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000813907

Maternity benefits mandate and women's choice of work in Viet Nam

Khoa Vu; Glewwe, Paul - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021

Law, which imposes a longer maternity leave requirement than before. We find that the law increases formal employment and … work to employment in the public sector. In contrast, we find no effects on formal employment in the private sector. These …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012608581

Fishermen's wives : on the cultural origins of violence against women

Leyaro, Vincent; Selaya, Pablo; Trifkovic, Neda - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2017

We study the roots of violence against women, and propose that it partly originates in cultural norms that derive from (a) characteristics of the traditional subsistence problem in different societies, and (b) differences in the sexual division of labor for solving that problem in each society....

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Family structure, education and women's employment in rural India

Dhanaraj, Sowmya; Mahambare, Vidya - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2017

This paper investigates if residing in a joint family affects non-farm employment for married women in rural India. Our … regression and instrumental variable approach suggest that living in a joint family lowers married women's non-farm employment by …-farm employment for women living in a joint family. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776380

Gender and development in the Arab world : women's economic participation; patterns and policies

Khoury, Nabil F. (ed.); Moghadam, Valentine M. (contributor) - 1995

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013551866