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Earnings differences between homosexuals and heterosexuals and the effects of anti-discriminatory laws: equal but still unmarried

Christafore, David; Leguizamon, Sebastian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

. Homosexual women, on the other hand, experience higher earnings than their heterosexual female counterparts, and the law shrinks … this gap over time. Our results suggest that although the earnings differential may be due to the marriage premium, anti … to marry could reduce the earnings inequality without creating potentially significant labor market distortions. …

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Changing Role of Women: A Study of Small Manufacturing Enterprises in India

Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

Women's position in the labour market is quite vulnerable and they face widespread discrimination, especially in the informal sector. This position is changing, both quantitatively and qualitatively, and there is a marked trend towards feminisation of workforce. This paper focuses on this...

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Female labour supply in india: proximate determinants

Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

Traditional official definition of ‘work’ in developing countries excludes large number of activities that are predominantly performed by women. Naturally official Female Labour Force Participation Rate is quite low in such countries. Women who are officially in the labourforce must...

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Family size, human capital and growth: structural path analysis of Rwanda

Temel, Tugrul - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper analyzes the macroeconomic role that different household groups play in human capital formation, sectoral growth and income distribution in Rwanda. Using a disaggregated SAM for Rwanda and with the assistance of structural path analysis, the paper explores the macroeconomic...

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A growth model with time allocation and social participation

Bassetti, Thomas; Favaro, Donata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In this article we propose a model of growth with human capital accumulation, in which individuals allocate their time among work, education and socio-political participation. Socio-political participation, while subtracting time to education, positively affects individual’s utility; the...

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Literacy and the Migrant-Native Wage Gap

Himmler, Oliver; Jaeckle, Robert - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

Being able to read and write is one of the most important skills in modern economies. Literacy frequently is a prerequisite for employment and its relevance for productivity and wages is magnified by the fact that it is only through literacy that many other skills become usable. More so than for...

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Stature and life-time labor market outcomes: Accounting for unobserved differences

Bockerman, Petri; Vainiomäki, Jari - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

We use twin data matched to register-based individual information on earnings and employment to examine the effect of … height on life-time earnings for men. Additional findings using capital income as the outcome variable suggest that …

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Population aging, silver dividend, and economic growth

Park, Donghyun; Shin, Kwanho - 2023

While there are growing concerns about population aging, some studies explore the possibility that population aging can give rise to a silver dividend that contributes to economic growth (ADB 2019). While the demographic dividend refers to the increase of the working-age population, the silver...

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Prospects of Employment Growth in Andhra Pradesh

Motkuri, Venkatanarayana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

The present paper examines the changes in work participation rates, participation rate in education and the growth of employment, and explores the prospects of employment growth in the state of Andhra Pradesh (India) in the scenario of declining population growth which acts as a limiting factors...

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El mercado de trabajo en España: El contexto europeo, los dos viejos desafíos y un nuevo problema

López-Mourelo, Elva; Malo, Miguel A. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014

In this article, we focus on the outcomes of the Spanish labour market from a comparative perspective respect to other countries of the European Union. A descriptive analysis presents the main consequences of the latest crisis. We use these elements to understand the two biggest problems of the...

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