A vast literature shows the importance of socioemotional skills in earnings and employment, but whether they matter in … data set that enables investigating different stages of candidate screening. The study finds that socioemotional skills … appear to be valued only when an employer specifically asks for such skills in the vacancy ad. When not asked for, however …

and investigated in different settings. Using a field experiment, this paper examines the presence and magnitude of gender …

leisure, home production, and work. The paper aims to explain labor market gender gaps in a marginalized Roma population with … Regional Roma Survey for six Western Balkan countries. The simulation results show that the main source for gender … differentials in the labor market is the unequal opportunities in favor of males - not gender preferences or differences in home …

schooling and skills differ between men and women and how those differences relate to gender gaps in earnings across nine middle …This paper uses measures of cognitive and noncognitive skills in an expanded definition of human capital to examine how …-income countries. The analysis finds that post-secondary schooling and cognitive skills are more important for women's earnings at the …

change was to narrow the definition of employment to work for pay or profit. By the revised standards, farming that is only … or mainly intended for own use is no longer considered employment, and such a farmer is no longer considered to be … employed or in the labor force. This paper analyzes the implications of the revised standards on measures of employment in Sub …

-farm employment and continued employment; and conducts the analysis by gender and rural/urban location. A significant share of the …-farm employment and continued employment are country- and gender-specific, with demographic factors, occurrence of shocks, and job …, the determinants and dynamics of individuals' participation in off-farm employment activities have not received adequate …

This paper reviews the empirical literature on the existence and impact of gender discriminatory laws on women …'s outcomes across various domains (categories) that constitute the Women in Business and the Law measure of gender inequality …. The evidence to date suggests that there are significant negative consequences of legal gender discrimination on women …

higher-order skills, increased coverage at lower levels of schooling, and the quality of schooling …