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The determinants of housework time
Stratton, Leslie S. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on average to about half as much time as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, a difference that is driven in part by the gender differential in wages....
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The determinants of housework time
Stratton, Leslie S. - In: IZA World of Labor (2020)
The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting to about half as much as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, driven in part by the gender wage differential. Efforts to reduce the gender wage gap and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269606
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The determinants of housework time
Stratton, Leslie S. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015) March, pp. 1-10
The time household members in industrialized countries spend on housework and shopping is substantial, amounting on average to about half as much time as is spent on paid employment. Women bear the brunt of this burden, a difference that is driven in part by the gender differential in wages....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011198535
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Short-time work compensations and employment
Cahuc, Pierre - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
Government schemes that compensate workers for the loss of income while they are on short hours (known as short-time work compensation schemes) make it easier for employers to temporarily reduce hours worked so that labor is better matched to output requirements. Because the employers do not lay...
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Short-time work compensation schemes and employment
Cahuc, Pierre - In: IZA World of Labor (2019)
Government schemes that compensate workers for the loss of income while they are on short hours (known as short-time work compensation schemes) make it easier for employers to temporarily reduce hours worked so that labor is better matched to output requirements. Because the employers do not lay...
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Short-time work compensations and employment
Cahuc, Pierre - In: IZA World of Labor (2014) May, pp. 1-10
Government schemes that compensate workers for the loss of income while they are on short hours (known as short-time work compensation schemes) make it easier for employers to temporarily reduce hours worked so that labor is better matched to output requirements. Because the employers do not lay...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884429
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Job search monitoring and assistance for the unemployed
Marinescu, Ioana E. - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
In many countries, reducing unemployment is among the most important policy goals. In this context, monitoring job …
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Recruiting intensity
Faberman, R. Jason - In: IZA World of Labor (2014)
To hire new workers, employers use a variety of recruiting methods in addition to posting a vacancy announcement. The intensity with which employers use these alternative methods can vary widely with a firm’s performance and with the business cycle. In fact, persistently low recruiting...
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Can hiring subsidies benefit the unemployed?
Brown, Alessio J. G. - In: IZA World of Labor (2015)
Long-term unemployment can lead to skill attrition and have detrimental effects on future employment prospects …, particularly following periods of economic crises when employment growth is slow and cannot accommodate high levels of unemployment …-effective and efficient means of reducing unemployment, during both periods of economic stability and recovery. …
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Effects of entering adulthood during a recession
Dettling, Lisa - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Current cohorts of young adults entered adulthood during an international labor and housing market crisis of a severity not experienced since the Great Depression. Concerns have arisen over the impacts on young adults’ employment, income, wealth, and living arrangements, and about whether...
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