We study the short, medium, and longer run employment effects of a substantial change in the parental leave benefit …

A recent paper by Meer and West argues that minimum wages reduce aggregate employment growth, and that this … relationship is masked by looking at employment levels. I also find a negative association between minimum wages and aggregate … employment growth using both the Business Dynamics Statistics and the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages datasets, and it …

treatment impacts and their heterogeneity. The average impact of training on employment is positive, but close to zero and … training we do find training to have had statistically significant effects on the quality of employment, and that the positive …

2020. We find that male-female gaps in the employment-to-population ratio and hours worked for women with school …

This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and … of the change in the employment gap in India. Contrary to the previous literature, however, we find little evidence that … women and an increase in the gender employment gap. In line with the literature, we find evidence that the unequal …

May of 2020. We document large employment losses during the lockdown, especially in "quarantined" sectors and non …-essential sectors that do not allow for remote work. Employment losses were mostly temporary, and hit lower-educated workers …

This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self …-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups … effects on employment and hours. …

effect on employment of mothers who used to work outside the home before giving birth and might prevent some mothers from …