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Dang, Hai-Anh H.; Hiraga, Masako; Cuong Viet Nguyen - 2019

Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing country context, and recent studies offer mixed results. This paper attempts to fill these gaps by analyzing several of the latest rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards...

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Preschool availability and female labor force participation : evidence from Indonesia

Halim, Daniel; Johnson, Hillary C.; Perova, Elizaveta - 2019

-in-difference-in-differences framework. With a longitudinal survey that tracks individuals for an average of 22 years, a panel of mothers was constructed to … 1,000 children increases the work participation of mothers of preschool age eligible children by 11-16 percent from the … of holding a second job. The availability of preschools induces mothers to informal sector occupations that do not …

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The motherhood penalty and female employment in urban India

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Labor and women's nutrition : a study of energy expenditure, fertility, and nutritional status in Ghana

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Paid maternity leave and female employment : evidence using firm-level survey data for developing countries

Amin, Mohammed; Islam, Asif - 2019

The relationship between the length of paid maternity leave and the proportion of female workers in the private sector is explored using firm-level survey data for 66 mostly developing countries. The paper finds a large, positive, and statistically significant relationship between the two....

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