builds on the existing literature on the effect of marriage on women's employment in MENA. Besides examining how different … in the extent to which self-employment after marriage is available to women to compensate for the reduction in wage … employment opportunities. …

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 …

evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and … earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains to employment: from a negative 2% prior to 1990 to a positive 4 … 30% with some improvement after 2000. Most of the employment gain is driven by those with less than a high school degree …

evolved over the last 50 years. Using data from the March CPS, the Census, and the ACS, we examine several employment and … earning outcomes. Hispanics have experienced sizable gains to employment: from a negative 2% prior to 1990 to a positive 4 … 30% with some improvement after 2000. Most of the employment gain is driven by those with less than a high school degree …

, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off-farm employment activities have not received adequate … individual-level off-farm (wage and self) employment participation rates; analyzes the extent and drivers of entry into off …-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …

, and low-paid. Widespread informality means that the poor neither benefit from the minimum wage policy nor from employment …-paid laborers. The reduction of in-work poverty hinges on removing constraints to gainful employment in both supply side (better …

differ by gender; this is done using firm-level data to examine the drivers of firm performance and employment growth. The … relating to work status, sector of employment and earnings, inter alia. Section 4 considers the gender composition of labor …

change was to narrow the definition of employment to work for pay or profit. By the revised standards, farming that is only … or mainly intended for own use is no longer considered employment, and such a farmer is no longer considered to be … employed or in the labor force. This paper analyzes the implications of the revised standards on measures of employment in Sub …