fiscal shocks and non-fiscal shocks on the gender composition of employment. We show that contractionary non-fiscal shocks … lead to man-cessions, i.e. employment falls and more strongly so for men. By contrast, an expansionary fiscal shock … predominantly raises the employment of women. Taken together, these results imply a trade-off dilemma for policy that seeks to …

part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies …Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender …

(employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on … the gender gaps in paid and unpaid work through the lockdown and recovery phases. The first month of the national lockdown …, April 2020, saw a large contraction in employment for both men and women, where more men lost jobs in absolute terms …

as others, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, single-parent essential workers experience relatively …We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and …

effects vary substantially across gender: women face a penalty in the form of a lower impact on salaried employment, but the … participation and employment). In contrast, there are important effects at the intensive margin: a 10 percentile higher ICT skills … index increases the probability of salaried employment by 6.5 percentage points, and leads to a 9.5 percent higher per …

progress in narrowing the employment gender gap. …This paper examines how the COVID-19 pandemic affected female employment in Japan. Our estimates indicate that the … employment rate of married women with children decreased by 4 percentage points, while that of those without children decreased …

unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings …, and job loss in a multi-country setting. We investigate the impacts of COVID-19 on gender inequality in these outcomes … industries for men and women may take an important part in explaining these gender gaps. Our estimates also point to country …

developing countries. This paper quantifies the causal impacts of improved urban transport systems in women´s employment outcomes … gains in employment and earnings per hour among women, and not for men, due to these investments. Most of the gains arise on … the extensive margin, with more women being employed, but employment does not appear to be of higher quality than that for …

region in the World. Expected future levels of education, very young and youth population, youth employment and unemployment … paper with an emphasis on differences by gender and differences across regions. Some comparisons between China and India and … gender in any analysis. …

above – and employment rates and wages far below – those of majority populations. One issue which has received relatively … attention concerns the 'double' discrimination facing Roma women. Not only do Roma women face poorer employment and wage … outcomes in the labour market than non-Roma women, in most CSEE countries the gender wage gap is significantly larger amongst …