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Determinants of the Low Female Labour Force Participation in India
Sorsa, Piritta; Mares, Jan; Didier, Mathilde; … - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
policy insights. This paper first describes key employment trends in India by gender. Then the potential determinants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276836
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Raising the Economic Participation of Women in India: A New Growth Engine?
Sorsa, Piritta - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
and especially for women. <P>Specific gender policies will be needed to enlarge economic opportunities for women and to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276994
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Determinants of Female Entrepreneurship in India
Daymard, Arnaud - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2015
entrepreneurs face gender biases stemming from socio-economic factors or specific biases in laws such as inheritance laws …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277026
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Policies for Inclusive Urbanisation in China
Koen, Vincent; Herd, Richard; Wang, Xiao; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013
Urbanisation in China has long been held back by various restrictions on land and internal migration but has taken off since the 1990s, as these impediments started to be gradually relaxed. People have moved in large numbers to richer cities, where productivity is higher and has increased...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011276950
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Women's Role in the Swiss Economy
Dutu, Richard - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2014
habits with the hunt for talent regardless of gender. Finally, a corporate governance code in favour of a more equal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277035
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Improving Access and Quality in the Indian Education System
Hill, Sam; Chalaux, Thomas - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2011
Education has been given high priority by India’s central and state governments and continues to grow fast. School access has been expanded by investment in school infrastructure and recruitment of teachers. In higher education too, the number of providers continues to rise rapidly. A new law...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009224863
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A better performing labour market for inclusive convergence in Croatia
Bulman, Tim - 2023
Croatia’s labour market has made important progress over the past decade. Employment rates are rising, reducing the gap with OECD countries, and poverty has fallen. While important weaknesses remain, many dimensions of equity and working conditions are similar to OECD countries. Continuing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014491271
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Sticky floors or glass ceilings? The role of human capital, working time flexibility and discrimination in the gender wage gap
Ciminelli, Gabriele - 2021
of gender wage gaps with a view to devising effective policies to reduce them. The findings suggest that, on average …, “sticky floors” related to social norms, gender stereotyping and discrimination account for 40% of the gender wage gap, while …, additionally need to prioritise equal pay and pay transparency laws, measures to address gender stereotyping, competition in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630533
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How labour market outcomes reflect age, gender and skills in Korea
Pareliussen, Jon - 2022
Using micro-data from the OECD Survey of Adult Skills (PIAAC), this paper seeks to answer how age, gender and … correlated with pay. Age, gender and parenthood are strongly correlated with both pay and employment. The weak link between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013523720
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Better jobs and incomes in Bulgaria
Molnar, Margit - 2023
The shrinking number of workers due to smaller young cohorts entering the labour market and large-scale outward migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely. Bulgaria needs to provide more support for families and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014324241