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The motherhood penalty in China : having a child increases gender inequality in the labor market

Zhang, Mingxue; Hou, Lingling; Wang, Yue - 2022

Using a comprehensive individual panel dataset in China and an event study method, we examined the effects of having a child on gender inequality from the perspectives of labor market outcomes and its mechanisms. Results show that becoming a mother implies a sharp decline in labor earnings,...

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The effect of COVID-19 on the gender gap in remote work

Marcén, Miriam; Morales, Marina - 2024

We examine changes in the gender gap in working from home (WFH) in response to the unanticipated first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using data from the American Time Use Survey, we find a non-negligible widening of the gender gap with WFH being more prevalent among women than among men....

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Maternity leave

Regmi, Krishna; Wang, Le - 2022

Supporting working mothers to balance their work and childcare responsibilities is a central objective of maternal and parental leave policies. Nearly all countries offer some forms of maternity and family leave programs for childbearing on a national basis. This chapter reviews various types of...

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Women at work in the pre-civil war United States : an analysis of unreported family workers

Chiswick, Barry R.; Robinson, RaeAnn H. - 2020

Rates of labor force participation in the US in the second half of the nineteenth century among free women were exceedingly (and implausibly) low, about 11 percent. This is due, in part, to social perceptions of working women, cultural and societal expectations of female’s role, and lack of...

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Assessing gender gaps in employment and earnings in Africa : the case of Eswatini

Brixiova, Zuzana; Imai, Susumu; Kangoye, Thierry; … - 2021

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 gaps in employment and earnings. We find that women have...

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Job location decisions and the effect of children on the employment gender gap

Albanese, Andrea; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2022

We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian social security and geo-location data. Applying an eventstudy design that accounts for treatment effect heterogeneity, we show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first...

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Unpaid work and gender gap patterns in Colombia

Ospina-Cartagena, Vanessa; García, Andrés - 2020

Gender inequality is much more than wage gaps. Indeed, one interesting case is how individuals allocate time among different activities such as paid work, unpaid work and domestic work. This paper aims to quantify gender inequality in the time use in unpaid care and home activities and to...

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Breaking the divide : can public spending on social infrastructure boost female employment in Italy?

Reljic, Jelena; Zezza, Francesco - 2024 - Draft paper

on social infrastructure - including education, healthcare, childcare and social assistance - on the gender employment … infrastructure expenditure on private investment, GDP and employment in all areas of the country. However, the reduction of the … policies to fill the investment gaps in social infrastructure, aiming for a more inclusive labour market, particularly in …

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The long-term effect of FIFA World Cup on gender gap in education and employment : evidence from Vietnam

Cuong Viet Nguyen; Tran, Anh Ngoc - 2021

colleges in Vietnam. Watching soccermatches can distract male students from their studiesand reduce their probability to pass …

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Childcare and maternal employment : evidence from Vietnam

Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hiraga, Masako; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2019

rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards Survey spanning the early to mid-2010s. Addressing endogeneity issues with a …

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