gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have notably lower employment rates and earnings than men, even though … earnings gaps are higher in self-employment than in wage employment. Tertiary education and urban location account for a large … part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies …

The COVID-19 outbreak has brought unprecedented disruptions to the global economies and has led to income loss and high … unemployment rates. But scant, if any, evidence exists on gender gaps in economic outcomes such as income, expenditure, savings … using data from a six-country survey that covers countries in different geographical locations and at various income levels …

substantial and heterogeneous employment responses that increased average income despite reduced transfers. We find zero effects …, consistent with the transition to employment elevating time pressure and stress. We find no effect on teenagers' education and …

Using longitudinal data from the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey (2001-2013) we … examine the relationship between the dynamics of work-limiting disability and employment, hours of work, earnings and life …

People with disabilities face substantial barriers to sustained employment and stable, adequate income. We assess how … from the monthly Current Population Survey (CPS) and the March CPS annual income supplement. We find that the expansion …

estimating employment and earnings responses to benefit cuts. Reassessment of DI entitlement under more stringent criteria … removed 14.4 percent of recipients from the program and reduced benefits by 20 percent, on average. In response, employment … income lost. Female and younger recipients, as well as those with more subjectively defined disabilities, were able to …

We study the impact of job proximity on individual employment and earnings. The analysis exploits a Swedish refugee … affected employment in 1999. Doubling the number of jobs in the initial location in 1990-91 is associated with 2.9 percentage … points higher employment probability in 1999. The analysis suggests that residential sorting leads to underestimation of the …

We reassess the empirical effect of income and employment on self-reported well-being. Our analysis makes use of a … suggested by the theory of incomplete markets, we differentiate between the effects of persistent and transitory income shocks … do not. This has consequences also for inference about the happiness effect of employment. We find that employment per se …