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Short-term labour market effects of COVID-19 and the associated national lockdown in Australia : evidence from Longitudinal Labour Force Survey
Guven, Cahit; Sotirakopoulos, Panagiotis; Ulker, Aydogan - 2020
(LFP) by 2.1%, increased unemployment by 1.1% and reduced weekly working hours by 1.1. The national lockdown decreased LFP … by 3.3%, increased unemployment by 1.7%, and decreased weekly working hours by 2.5. The probability of working on Fridays … unsuitable for remote work were hit the hardest in terms of unemployment. …
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Women, violence and work : threat of sexual violence and women's decision to work
Chakraborty, Tanika; Lohawala, Nafisa - 2022
The stagnancy of women's workforce participation in urban India is alarming and puzzling, considering the pace of economic development experienced in the previous decade. We investigate the extent to which the low workforce participation of women can be explained by growing instances of...
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Stigma of sexual violence and womens decision to work
Chakraborty, Tanika; Mukherjee, Anirban; Rachapalli, … - 2017
Our study is motivated by two disturbing evidences concerning women in India. On one hand, crime against women is on the rise while on the other, women's labor force participation rate (WLFPR) has been declining over the last three decades. We estimate the extent to which the decline in WLFPR...
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