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The Role of Source- and Host-Country Characteristics in Female Immigrant Labor Supply
Bredtmann, Julia; Otten, Sebastian - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Using data from the European Social Survey 2002-2011 covering immigrants in 26 European countries, this paper analyzes the impact of source- and host-country characteristics on female immigrant labor supply. We find that immigrant women’s labor supply in their host country is positively...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258555
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Female labour supply in india: proximate determinants
Majumder, Rajarshi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Traditional official definition of ‘work’ in developing countries excludes large number of activities that are predominantly performed by women. Naturally official Female Labour Force Participation Rate is quite low in such countries. Women who are officially in the labourforce must...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259044
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Gender Labor Income Shares and Human Capital Investment in the Republic of Congo
Backiny-Yetna, Prospere; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper uses a recent, nationally representative household survey for the Republic of Congo—the 2005 ECOM (Enquête Congolaise auprès des Ménages) survey—to test the unitary model of household consumption. The study finds that a higher labor income share obtained by women does lead to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776868
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Female Labour Supply and intergenerational preference formation: Evidence for Mexico
Campos-Vazquez, Raymundo M.; Velez, Roberto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Using a national representative sample for Mexico, we analyse the effect of a husband having a working mother on the probability that he has a working wife. Our results show that labour force participation by a husband’s mother increases the probability of the labour force participation of his...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258713
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Taxation and the Earnings of Husbands and Wives
Gelber, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This paper examines the response of husbands' and wives' earnings to a tax reform in which husbands' and wives' tax rates changed independently, allowing me to examine the effect of both spouses' incentives on each spouse's behavior. I compare the results to those of more simplified econometric...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008636473
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The Relationship Between the Effects of a Wife’s Education on her Husband’s Earnings and her Labor Participation: Japan in the period 2000 -2003
Yamamura, Eiji; Mano, Yukichi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
In this paper, we explore the relationship between the influence of wives’ human capital on their husbands’ earnings and their labor participation using individual level data for Japan in the period 2000–2003. We found that a wife’s human capital has a positive effect on her husband’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008560974
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Time Use Dynamics in Paid Work and Household Activities of Married Women - A Panel Analysis with Household Information and Regional Labour Demand
Merz, Joachim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 1992
(1984-1987), where information of the household - including the husband's employment situation - is merged with regional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835701
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Measuring Time Poverty and Analyzing Its Determinants: Concepts and Application to Guinea
Bardasi, Elena; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
The availability of better data on time use in developing countries makes it important to provide tools for analyzing such data. While the idea of “time poverty” is not new, and while many papers have provided measures of time use and hinted at the concept of time poverty, we have not seen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836897
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Poverty Reduction from Full Employment: A Time Use Approach
Bardasi, Elena; Wodon, Quentin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
poverty and inequality of an increase in the working hours of the population up to what is referred to as a full employment … working hours for both men and women. The key message is that job creation and full employment would lead to a significant … at full employment levels, poverty would remain massive, and the higher workload that the full employment scenario would …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837052
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Urban Informal Sector: How much Women are Struggling for Family Survival
Khan, Tasnim; Khan, Rana Ejaz Ali Khan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Abstract: The paper analyzed the contribution of informally employed women (for the age group of 16-60 years) in their household budget. The urban informal sector absorbs the women workers largely. What are the determinants of their contribution in their household budgets to make survival of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005027146