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This paper traces the origins and early history of perceived gender differences in absenteeism in Great Britain and the … policy makers referred to gender differences in absenteeism to motivate wage discrimination. …
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affect couples' geographical mobility and are interested in if their effect varies by gender. The dimensions are geographical … of their occupations. In particular the effect from wage compression in occupations seems to be dependent on gender, with … more to the man's career possibilities than the woman's, even when we adjust for the underlying gender differences in …
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Mozambique. Gender roles, shaped by patriarchal norms, place heavy work obligations on women. Time-use data from a primary …
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, Germany, France, and Sweden) that represent the principal types of welfare and gender regimes, we propose ways of … and gender regimes that exist in these countries, in ways that correspond to the lived reality of people's daily lives. …
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This paper considers public employment guarantee programs in the context of South Africa as a means to address the nexus of poverty, unemployment, and unpaid work burdensall factors exacerbated by HIV/AIDS. It further discusses the need for genderinformed public job creation in areas that...
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of what is recognized in mainstream theory and policy as work done by women. Thus, the traditional gender roles, with the … also need to go beyond standard models to interpret the intrahousehold gender inequities. We do not gain much insight from … concerted move toward sensitization of gender issues and scrutiny entailing a gender audit at every level of activity. This may …
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issues. Our analysis shows that even though the gender wage gap is shrinking, discrimination is not. …
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revealed the presence of gender asymmetries stemming from men having experienced disproportionately high job losses. In this … role in explaining the gender differences in unpaid work time changes. In turn, varied shifts in the household structure …
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The paper studies wage and employment determination in the Swedish business sector from the mid-1910s to the late 1930s. This period includes the boom and bust cycle of the early 1920s as well as the Great Depression of the early 1930s. The events of the early 1920s are particularly intriguing,...
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We unbox developments in artificial intelligence (AI) to estimate how exposure to these developments affect firm-level labour demand, using detailed register data from Denmark, Portugal and Sweden over two decades. Based on data on AI capabilities and occupational work content, We develop and...
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