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Trade Liberalization and Female Labor Force Participation : Evidence from Brazil
Gaddis, Isis - 2012
labor force participation and employment after a period of around two years. Our results are robust to a variety of … measures of trade protection and different time periods. Moreover, we find evidence that employment flows across sectors …
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What Drives Female Labor Force Participation? Comparable Micro-Level Evidence from Eight Developing and Emerging Economies
Klasen, Stephan - 2019
We investigate the micro-level determinants of labor force participation of urban married women in eight low- and middle-income economies: Bolivia, Brazil, India, Indonesia, Jordan, South Africa, Tanzania, and Vietnam. In order to understand what drives changes and differences in participation...
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What Explains the Stagnation of Female Labor Force Participation in Urban India?
Klasen, Stephan - 2014
demand side, employment in sectors appropriate for educated women grew less than the supply of educated workers, leading many …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013062918
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Push or Pull? Drivers of Female Labor Force Participation During India's Economic Boom
Klasen, Stephan - 2012
, showing a much more nuanced picture of female labor force participation than one might expect. Recent trends in employment and … factors drawing women into the labor force at attractive employment and pay conditions. This affects, by 2004, only a small …
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