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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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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010379335
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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
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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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