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 … status, and for those residing in Northern India. We present evidence to suggest that women with higher education levels are …

This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of … extensions of maternity leave and the gender employment gap in Viet Nam. The findings show that, on average, the new law did not … exacerbate the gender employment gap, and there was a narrowing of the gap in the formal jobs sector compared to the waged jobs …

This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in … growth, changes in the various employment and earnings indicators, and changes in poverty and inequality indicators relate to … each other? Our contribution is an in-depth study of the multi-pronged growth-employment-poverty nexus based on a large …

This book examines the links between economic growth, changing employment conditions, and the reduction of poverty in … growth, changes in the various employment and earnings indicators, and changes in poverty and inequality indicators relate to … each other? Our contribution is an in-depth study of the multi-pronged growth–employment–poverty nexus based on a large …