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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 …

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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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Inequalities in Job Loss and Income Loss in Sub-Saharan Africa during the COVID-19 Crisis

Contreras-Gonzalez, Ivette; Oseni, Gbemisola; … - 2022

-19 crisis on work (including wage employment, self-employment, and farm work) and income, as well as heterogeneity by … employment of respondents who were working before the pandemic and analyze individual level indicators of job loss and re-employment …

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