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Could temporary tax cuts stimulate consumer spending? Sector-specific measures to the COVID-19 pandemic provides a quasi-experimental variation in consumption patterns to infer a causal effect of tax policy changes. Using a novel dataset of daily debit and credit card transactions, this paper...
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digital financial inclusion, its impact on gender gaps varies across countries. Moreover, women leaders in the fintech …) the role of women leaders on firm-level performance in the fintech industry; and (ii) the determinants of gender gaps in … gender gaps in the usage of digital financial services, we find that higher financial and digital literacy of women is …
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Fintech, which delivers financial services digitally, promises to promote financial inclusion and close the gender gap … female employment and reduces gender inequality, the effect being more pronounced in firms without traditional financial …
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rationalizing government size, shifting resources from low-productivity sectors to higher ones, and encouraging women to enter the …
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This paper studies the effects of household income on labor participation and school enrollment of children aged 10 to 14 in Brazil using a social security reform as a source of exogenous variation in household income. Estimates imply that the gap between actual and full school enrollment was...
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one of the lowest participation rates for women among peer countries. Using extensive Indian household survey data, we … model the labor force participation choices of women, conditional on demographic characteristics and education, as well as …
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tend to reduce the proportion of regular female employment in Japan and Korea, (ii) the persistent gender wage gap … fertility, and (iv) there is a need for more public spending on childcare for age 6-11 in Japan and Korea to help women continue …
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families, higher female education, and lower marriage rates are associated with much of the rise in women's aggregate … across countries. Raising female participation could provide an important boost to growth, but women face two hurdles in … participating in the workforce in Japan. First, few working women start out in career-track positions, and second, many women drop …
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While the Korean unemployment rates are currently among the lowest in OECD countries, the labor market duality and the underemployment in some segments of the population are important labor market challenges, and factors contributing to lower potential growth. The paper shows the benefits of...
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Intro -- Contents -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. GENDER DIFFERENCES IN BEHAVIOR AND MACROECONOMIC OUTCOMES -- III. GENDER … INEQUALITIES AND ECONOMIC GROWTH: A SIMULTANEOUS RELATIONSHIP -- IV. GENDER INEQUALITIES IN LABOR AND FINANCIAL MARKETS -- V …. GENDER, ECONOMIC INSTABILITY, AND ADJUSTMENT -- VI. SUMMARY OF SURVEY ON GENDER AND MACROECONOMICS -- REFERENCES. …
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