to households with no widows in India. However, selection into widowhood appears to be plausibly random and economic …

Survey (CPHS) database, this paper investigates the first effects of Covid-19 induced lockdown on employment and the gendered … pattern of time allocation inside the home. Examining the employment status during the last 12 months of over 40 …,000 individuals surveyed in April 2020 (i.e. during the strict nationwide lockdown), the paper finds that overall employment, which …

In this paper, we make an attempt to understand whether low labour market returns to education in India are responsible … for low female work participation. The National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) Employment Unemployment Survey (EUS) unit … level data of India for the year 2011-12 is used to examine the relationship between educational attainment and labour …

We examine the labour market impacts of the largest livelihoods programs in the world, India's Deendayal Antyodaya …-help groups (SHGs). We combine administrative data on SHG membership across districts in India with survey micro-data on labour … force and employment outcomes of rural women between 2011 and 2019. Using a generalized difference-in-differences approach …

education, we find a large and positive effect of tertiary education on employment. It confirms the important role of education … in reducing gender gap in employment. …

transmission. We offer the first study that examines the effects of the COVID-19-induced lockdown on various employment outcomes … rate, the temporary layoff rate, and decreases the quality of employment. It also reduces workers' numbers of working hours …

COVID-19 substantially decreased employment, but the effects vary among demographic and socioeconomic groups. We … document the employment losses in April 2020 across various groups using the U.S. Current Population Survey. The unemployment … rate understates employment losses. We focus on the percentage of the civilian population that is employed and at work …

LSDVC estimates, this study finds a significant labourfriendly impact of R&D expenditures. However, this positive employment …