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Love on the rocks : alcohol abuse and domestic violence in rural Mexico
Angelucci, Manuela (contributor) - 2007
in wife's and husband's income on husband alcohol abuse and alcohol-induced violence using new data from rural Mexico. A …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003578345
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Age and gender profiling in the Chinese and Mexican labor markets : evidence from four job boards
Helleseter, Miguel Delgado; Kuhn, Peter Joseph; Shen, … - 2016
When permitted by law, employers sometimes state the preferred age and sex of their employees in job ads. We study this practice using data from one Mexican and three Chinese job boards, showing that it is widely used to request both genders and is especially prevalent in jobs with low skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458066
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Changes in female employment in Mexico: demographics, economics, and policies
López Acevedo, Gladys; Freije, Samuel; Vergara Bahena, … - 2020
The unemployment and labor force participation gender gaps narrowed in Mexico after the 2008 global economic crisis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012242337
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Working less to take care of parents? : labor market effects of family long-term care in Four Latin American countries
Stampini, Marco; Oliveri, María Laura; Ibarrarán, Pablo; … - 2020
We provide causal evidence that children's school schedules contribute to the persistence of the gender pay gap between parents. Historically, French children have had no school on Wednesdays. In 2013, a reform reallocated some classes to Wednesday mornings. Exploiting variations in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012296661
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The productivity of working hours
Pencavel, John H. - 2014
Observations on munition workers, most of them women, are organized to examine the relationship between their output and their working hours. The relationship is nonlinear: below an hours threshold, output is proportional to hours; above a threshold, output rises at a decreasing rate as hours...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010345533
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Women workers in essential British metal and chemical industries during the Second World War and the immediate post-war years
Hart, Robert A.; Roberts, Elizabeth J. - 2023
Group 1 metal and chemical industries formed the essential suppliers of British war materials during WW2. Their industrial sectors covered metal manufacture, general and electrical engineering, vehicle production, aircraft production, shipbuilding, metal goods, chemicals and explosives, and...
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North-South trade liberalization and returns to skill in the south : the case of Mexico
Hazarika, Gautam (contributor); Otero, Rafael (contributor) - 2008
This study examines the effect of NAFTA, an instance of North-South trade liberalization, on returns to skill in Mexico …. Mexico is abundant in low-skill workers relative to the US and Canada, and so, by the Hecksher-Ohlin-Samuelson trade model …, NAFTA ought to have raised the relative earnings of low-skill workers, that is, lowered returns to skill in Mexico. Analysis …
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Adding rungs to the exporting ladder : plant-level exporting dynamics and total factor productivity growth
Voicu, Alexandru (contributor) - 2008
We use panel data on Mexican manufacturing plants to study the dynamics of plant-level exporting activity at both the extensive and the intensive margins and the connection between exporting dynamics and plant-level total factor productivity growth. We find that exporting activity has a ladder...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771885
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Aid and migration : an analysis of the impact of progresa on the timing and size of labour migration
Angelucci, Manuela (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115241
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Social interactions and schooling decisions
Lalive, Rafael (contributor);  … - 2006
school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355647