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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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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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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 …

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On the optimality of search matching equilibrium when workers are risk averse

Lehmann, Etienne (contributor); … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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