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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...

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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)...

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Beyond the labour income tax wedge : the unemployment-reducing effect of tax progressivity

Lehmann, Etienne; Lucifora, Claudio; Moriconi, Simone; … - 2014

suggest that a more progressive tax schedule reduces the unemployment rate and increases the employment rate. These findings …

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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...

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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 …

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“I want to, but I also need to” : start-ups resulting from opportunity and necessity

Caliendo, Marco; Kritikos, Alexander - 2009

, namely their unemployment, likely prompted their decision. In contrast to this, business founders who have been previously … unemployment. -- Entrepreneurship ; push and pull motives ; survival and failure ; job creation …

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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 …

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Turning unemployment into self-employment : effectiveness and efficiency of two start-up programmes

Baumgartner, Hans. J. (contributor); … - 2007

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become a major focus of German active labour market policy (ALMP) in … recent years. If effective, this would not only reduce Germany’s persistently high unemployment rate, but also increase its …

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Die reformierte Gründungsförderung für Arbeitslose : Chancen und Risiken

Caliendo, Marco (contributor); … - 2007

market policy ; unemployment …

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Start-up subsidies for the unemployed : long-term evidence and effect heterogeneity

Caliendo, Marco; Künn, Steffen - 2010

Turning unemployment into self-employment has become an increasingly important part of active labor market policies …

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