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physical tasks. These results suggest that ICT can lower gender inequality in the labor market by shifting the labor demand … interactive tasks, suggesting that gender differences in education may have limited female labor supply for the most innovative …This paper studies the effects of firms' investments in information and communication technologies (ICT) on their …
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This paper uses over 20 years of data from Indonesia's labor force survey to study trends in female labor force participation (FLFP). We find that younger women in urban areas have increased their labor force participation in recent years, largely through wage employment, while younger women in...
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A growing body of scholarly literature has attempted to measure and value unpaid care work in various countries, but perhaps only the government statistical agencies in the United States and the United Kingdom have seriously undertaken periodic and systematic measures of the time spent on unpaid...
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In cities with conservative norms or high crime, female workers may face greater restrictions on their, physical mobility. This limits women’s labor market opportunities and the pool of workers that firms, can attract. In this study, we experimentally vary access to a transport service in...
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promoting gender equality in education and health. However, progress has not been as remarkable in advancing women’s rights on … asset ownership and control, which is critical for securing gender equity in economic participation and opportunity, and … sexdisaggregated data on the topic. The Evidence and Data for Gender Equality (EDGE) initiative aims to develop standardized methods …
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for all individuals of the same age and level of education, so it ignores labor market intermittency because of childbirth … and child-rearing - a critical omission when analyzing gender differences in earnings. This paper constructs a better … can be generated using commonly available data on labor force participation rates by age and gender to gauge the …
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promote gender equality by harnessing the advancement in technology and opportunities offered by the rapid growth of GSC trade. … relative rise in women's income in reducing the sex imbalance. Gender-specific policies should support female migrants in … moving up the job ladder in GSC trade through higher education and skills training for professional and leadership positions …
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This paper examines how women's participation in family decision-making is affected by land rights in rural areas in India. The 2005 Hindu Succession Act was legislated to protect women's rights to an equal share in ancestral property, including land. Using a unique rural household survey from...
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include strong cognitive skills, basic information and communication technology, and analytical skills, as well as a range of … also crucial. All these changes lead to a major rethinking of education and skill training throughout a person’s life. This … from these studies particularly in labor economics can shed light on new directions for lifelong education policies. …
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in health and education - including technical and vocational education and training - are essential to engineer a …, with an emphasis on health and education in the context of employment growth and an employment-enabling environment. While …
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