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The labor market in Japan, 2000–2018 : despite a plummeting working-age population, Japan has sustained its labor force size, thanks mostly to surging employment among women
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Mori, Hiroaki - 2019
As the third largest economy in the world and a precursor of global trends in population aging, Japan’s recent experiences provide important lessons regarding how demographic shifts affect the labor market and individuals’ economic well-being. On the whole, the labor market has shown a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012034070
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The labor market in Japan, 2000–2016 : despite a plummeting working-age population, Japan has sustained its labor force size, thanks mostly to surging employment among women
Kawaguchi, Daiji; Mori, Hiroaki - 2017
As the third largest economy in the world and a precursor of global trends in population aging, Japan’s recent experiences provide important lessons regarding how demographic shifts affect the labor market and individuals’ economic well-being. On the whole, the labor market has shown a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011730579
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Fertility postponement and labor market outcomes : postponed childbearing improves women's labor market outcomes but may reduce overall fertility
Bratti, Massimiliano - 2023
The rise in the average age of women bearing their first child is a well-established demographic trend in recent decades. Postponed childbearing can have important consequences for the mothers and, at a macro level, for the country in which they live. Research has primarily focused on the effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014289563
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Female labor force participation in developing countries : improving employment outcomes for women takes more than raising labor market participation : good jobs are important too
Verick, Sher Singh - 2014
economic growth, education, and social norms. Looking more broadly at improving women's access to quality employment, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011420355
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Trade liberalization and gender inequality : can free-trade policies help to reduce gender inequalities in employment and wages?
Pieters, Janneke - 2015
Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is an important objective in itself, women's economic activity also matters as a condition for sustained economic growth. The political debate on the labor market impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427672
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Abolishing the marital wage premium in Greece : employment and participation effects on minimum wage workers
Kakoulidou, Theano; Konstantinou, Panagiotis; Moutos, Thomas - 2020
We estimate the employment and labour force participation effects resulting from the abolition of the marital allowance … from the Greek LFS over the period 2008:Q1-2016:Q1 we do not find any differential change in the probability of employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012294574
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Female labor force participation in developing countries : improving employment outcomes for women takes more than raising labor market participation : good jobs are important too
Verick, Sher Singh - 2018 - version 2
’s access to quality employment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011947152
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Trade liberalization and gender inequality : can free-trade policies help to reduce gender inequalities in employment and wages?
Pieters, Janneke - 2018 - Version 2
Women consistently work less in the labor market and earn lower wages than men. While economic empowerment of women is an important objective in itself, women's economic activity also matters as a condition for sustained economic growth. The political debate on the labor market impacts of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011934130
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Workplace segregation and the labour market performance of immigrants
Willis, Sébastien - 2022
and find that a ten-percentage-point increase in the initial conational share lowers employment rates by 3.1 percentage … effect on wages conditional on employment. The employment effect appears to be due to the effect of differences in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013358726
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Do childcare policies increase maternal employment? : subsidized childcare fosters maternal employment, but employment status, childcare quality, and availability matter
Vuri, Daniela - 2016
employment. Family policies that subsidize childcare and increase its availability have different effects on female labor supply … may depend on countryspecific pre-reform female employment and earnings, and childcare availability, costs, and quality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011436632