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We study the effects of monetary policy shocks on employment gender gaps in a panel of 22 countries using quarterly … shocks, narrowing the employment gender gap over time. Two factors contribute to explaining this heterogeneous effect. First … market adjustment, the narrowing of the gender employment gap is initially driven by a reduction in the gender unemployment …
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We estimate the macroeconomic effects of import tariffs and trade policy uncertainty in the United States, combining theory-consistent and narrative sign restrictions in Bayesian SVARs. We find mostly adverse consequences of protectionism, in aggregate and across sectors and regions. Tariff...
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This paper examines the mechanisms through which output volatility is related to trade openness using an industry-level panel dataset of manufacturing production and trade. The main results are threefold. First, sectors more open to international trade are more volatile. Second, trade is...
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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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On the current pace of reforms, global gender gaps are estimated to close, using deterministic (linear or log … efforts, gender gaps may in fact never close. Using Markov chains, a common approach in macroeconomics, this paper analyzes … the dynamics of the cross-country distribution of the gender gap in labor force participation. This methodology does not …
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insights into gender patterns. We create a novel multidimensional survey directed at eight central banks in advanced economies … (G7 national central banks and the European Central Bank), covering several aspects of gender, such as women … new comprehensive index of gender equality-Human Resources Gender Index (HRGI). We show that these central banks have room …
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characterized by a wage premium and a narrower gender pay gap. Our research further studies the implications of AI for the expansion … of green employment opportunities. This research advances our understanding of the interplay between green jobs, gender …
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This paper examines the impact of board gender diversity on the performance of firms whose greenfield investments are …
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effects of childcare on female participation and unemployment and a substantial gender gap in labor income for workers without … explore causal links, this unique feature of high female participation and, yet, considerable gender gaps in other dimensions …. At the same time, the small gender gaps for workers with higher education across participation, unemployment, and labor …
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This paper estimates the size of the informal economy for 32 mainly Latin American and Caribbean countries in the early 2000s. Using a structural equation modeling approach, we find that a stringent tax system and regulatory environment, higher inflation, and dominance of the agriculture sector...
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