(employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on …, April 2020, saw a large contraction in employment for both men and women, where more men lost jobs in absolute terms …. Employment has recovered by August 2020 for men. However, for women, the likelihood of being employed is 9.5 percentage points …

., that women's participation is falling due unavailability of steady gainful employment. The high unemployment rate and … industry-wise composition of total employment provide suggestive evidence that women's participation is falling as women are … likely to be displaced from employment by male workers. We show that women's employment is likely to suffer more than men …

stagnant employment creation from 2004-05 onwards. Our analysis suggests that India needs to focus on creating rural non …Mainstream literature attributes the decline in female labour force participation rate (FLFPR) in India between 2004 … labour demand. We find that female employment is highly responsive to local labour demand, but not male employment. The …

We study the surprisingly low level and stagnation of female labor force participation rates in urban India between … demand side, employment in sectors appropriate for educated women grew less than the supply of educated workers, leading many …

India experienced one of the strictest lockdowns during COVID-19 and sections of the workforce seemed overwhelmingly … disadvantaged. Given substantial poverty still, marginalized daily wage labor and gendered outcomes in the context of India …, economic shocks are expected to have disparate implications. Employing World Bank data for rural areas in six states of India …

meaningful employment, are becoming increasingly popular in developing countries. The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act … (NREGA), enacted in August 2005, is one such program in India. This paper assesses causal impacts (Intent-to-Treat) of NREGA …. -- difference-in-difference ; intent-to-treat ; NREGA ; rural India …

We study the causal impact of the minimum wage on employment and welfare in Thailand using a difference …

decline in employment in recent months as well as declines in consumer spending. While lockdowns have pronounced effects on …

recoveries from disability on both employment status and hours worked using panel data from Indonesia. We find that changes in … to an increase in the probability of leaving employment, while recoveries increase the probability of returning to work … towards a need for social protection policies with a focus on health, disability, and employment in Indonesia. …

For the last two decades, the increase of employment among cohorts of individuals aged 50+ has been a policy objective … on the European employment agenda. The present paper takes stock of the situation as observed in Belgium over the time … period 1997-2011. First, we provide analysis on the evolution of older workers' employment in Belgium and its neighboring …