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Fiscal sustainability and demographic change : a micro approach for 27 EU countries
Dolls, Mathias; Doorley, Karina; Paulus, Alari; … - 2015
The effect of demographic change on the labor force and on fiscal revenues is topical in light of potential pension shortfalls. This paper evaluates the effect of demographic changes between 2010 and 2030 on labor force participation and government budgets in the EU-27. Our analysis involves the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449292
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Why are fewer married women joining the work force in India? : a decomposition analysis over two decades
Afridi, Farzana; Dinkelman, Taryn; Mahajan, Kanika - 2016
Unlike the global trend, India has witnessed a secular decline in women's employment rates over the past few decades. We use parametric and semi-parametric decomposition techniques to show that changes in individual and household attributes fully account for the fall in women's labor force...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011452233
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Social networks, gender norms and women's labor supply : experimental evidence using a job search platform
Afridi, Farzana; Dhillon, Amrita; Roy, Sanchari; … - 2022
Using a cluster randomized control trial, we study the role of women's social networks in improving female labor force participation. In the first treatment arm, a hyper-local digital job search platform service was offered to a randomly selected group of married couples (non-network treatment)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013470611
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Caught in the trap? : the disincentive effect of social assistance
Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina - 2009
While financial incentives usually have a significant effect on the labor supply of married women and single mothers, the evidence about the participation elasticity of childless singles, and single males especially, is more scant. This is, however, important in countries like France and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879326
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What determines women's labor supply? : the role of home productivity and social norms
Afridi, Farzana; Bishnu, Monisankar; Mahajan, Kanika - 2019
We highlight the role of home productivity in explaining the gender gap in labor force participation (LFP), and the non-monotonic relationship of women's LFP with their education in developing countries (India) in contrast to the developed economies (United Kingdom, U.K.). We construct a model...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012121546
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Self-employment dynamics, state dependence and cross-mobility patterns
Caliendo, Marco (contributor); Uhlendorff, Arne (contributor) - 2008
-employment. -- Self-employment ; state dependence ; labor market dynamics ; unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793470
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Income support systems, labor market policies and labor supply : the German experience
Caliendo, Marco - 2009
. Understanding the interaction between income support systems (such as unemployment benefits, social assistance, early retirement and …. The German labor market has been plagued by high and persistent unemployment in the last two decades in combination with a … be seen how future governments react to worsened economic conditions in light of these experiences. -- Unemployment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003932145
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The German labor market after the Great Recession : successful reforms and future challenges
Caliendo, Marco; Hogenacker, Jens - 2012
economic growth in the future. -- unemployment ; labor force participation ; labor supply ; benefit systems ; public policy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009613697