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Reforms and employment in the Egyptian labor market : evolution by age from 1988 to 2006
Selwaness, Irene - 2020
their peers in middle age (30-49), to be employed in 1998 than in 1988 (before the first reform). While informality has … affected all age groups, the 30 to 49 years old were the category that experienced the most rapid increase in informality as …
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The dynamics of labour market polarization in Chile : an analysis of the link between technical change and informality
Delaporte, Isaure; Peña, Werner - 2023
informality as a buffer against job loss, and workers in routine manual informal employment become unemployed or transit to non … transition rates to unemployment and informality. …
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Divergence in labour force growth : should wages and prices grow faster in Germany?
Beissinger, Thomas; Hellier, Joël; Marczak, Martyna - 2020
We develop a model which shows that wages, prices and real income should grow faster in countries with low increase in their labour force. If not, other countries experience growing unemployment and/or trade deficit. This result is applied to the case of Germany, which has displayed a...
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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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Trapped in the care burden : occupational downward mobility of Italian couples after childbirth
Barbieri, Teresa; Bavaro, Michele; Cirillo, Valeria - 2024
How does childbirth impact the career paths of men and women within the same household? To what extent does the unpaid care work related to this event contribute to the downward mobility experienced by women in a highly flexible labour market like Italy? Drawing on feminist and labour market...
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Who is covered and who underreports : an empirical analysis of access to social insurance on the Egyptian labor market
Roushdy, Rania; Selwaness, Irene - 2017
This paper investigates the dynamics and determinants of having access to social insurance coverage on the Egyptian labor market among wage and non-wage workers. The paper explores two issues: the worker- and enterprise- level determinants of having access to social insurance and the risk of...
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Estimating the effects of the minimum wage in a developing country : a density discontinuity design approach
Jales, Hugo - 2017
This paper proposes a framework to identify the effects of the mini- mum wage on the joint distribution of sector and wage in a developing country. I show how the discontinuity of the wage distribution around the minimum wage identifies the extent of non-compliance with the minimum wage policy,...
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Livelihood diversification strategies : resisting vulnerability in Egypt
Helmy, Imane - 2020
Livelihood diversification is attracting considerable interest as a tool to cope with economic shocks and resist vulnerability. This paper investigates the evolution of livelihood diversification in Egypt with a particular focus on wealth and urban-rural divides. Using Egypt Labor Market Panel...
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Informality, education-occupation mismatch, and wages : evidence from India
Bahl, Shweta; Sharma, Ajay - 2023
This article examines the intertwining relationship between informality and education-occupation mismatch (EOM) and the … consequent impact on the workers' wages. In particular, we discuss two issues - first, the relative importance of informality and … analysis reveals that although both informality and EOM are significant determinants of wages, the former is more crucial for a …
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A tale of parallel processes of gender (in-)equality : how big is the glass ceilings for mena women?
Doruk, Ömer Tuğsal; Pastore, Francesco - 2022
In all the MENA countries considered in this study, namely Jordan Egypt and Tunisia, there has been a significant decrease in the female labor force participation rate over the last two decades. Moreover, existing analysis and the anecdotal evidence suggest that it may be problematic for women...
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