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Export, female comparative advantage and the gender wage gap
Bonfiglioli, Alessandra; De Pace, Federica - 2021
This paper studies the effect of firms'export activity on the gender wage gap among its workers. Using matched employer-employee data from Germany for the period be- tween 1993 and 2007, we show that an increase in a firm's export widens the wage gap between male and female blue-collar workers,...
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Globalization and inequality in Latin America
Carneiro, Rafael Dix; Kovak, Brian K. - 2023
We survey the recent literature studying the effects of globalization on inequality in Latin America. Our focus is on … dimensions of inequality, and developing new methodologies to capture the many facets of globalization's relationship to … that focus on distinct aspects of globalization's relationship to inequality. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014536261
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Gender gaps and the structure of local labor markets
Petrongolo, Barbara; Ronchi, Maddalena - 2020
In this paper we discuss some strands of the recent literature on the evolution of gender gaps and their driving forces. We will revisit key stylized facts about gender gaps in employment and wages in a few high-income countries. We then discuss and build on one gender-neutral force behind the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012243240
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The anomaly of women's work and education in India
Ghai, Surbhi - 2018
This paper utilizes a large cross-section of data sets such as the ILOSTAT, NSSO Quinquennial Employment and Unemployment Survey, Labour Bureau Annual Employment and Unemployment Survey, National Family Health Survey and CMIE Consumer Pyramid Household Survey to comment on the falling female...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011948316
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Gender gaps in employment, wages, and work hours : assessment of COVID-19 implications
Tverdostup, Maryna - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has highly asymmetric effects on labour market outcomes of men and women. In this paper, we empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012544966
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The path through : early COVID-19 job loss and labour market trajectories in Austria
Jestl, Stefan; Tverdostup, Maryna - 2024
This paper examines the socio-demographic disparities evident in the early labour market response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Austria, relying on the register-based labour market career dataset from the Austrian Micro Data Center (AMDC) for the 2018-2021 period. The analysis focuses on the...
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Ending violence against women in Asia : international norm diffusion and global opportunity structures for policy change
True, Jacqui - 2016
Violence against women (VAW) is only beginning to be recognized as a major societal problem within and across Asia …-VAW laws; and the lack of a regional anti-VAW Convention in Asia. This UNRISD working paper explores how the global context of … transnational forces are radically altering the policy environment in Asia, making it non-negotiable for governments to respond to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485109
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L' industrie a-t-elle un avenir en Belgique?
Bogaert, Henri (contributor); Gilot, Albert (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Female labour force participation in some selected Asian and Latin American countries
Khuda, Barkat E. (contributor) - 1982
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10000721841
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Feminist mobilization, claims making and policy change : insights from Asia
Rao, Nitya; Cagna, Paola - 2016
This paper aims to understand how policy change for women's rights occurs, and what factors and conditions facilitate non-state actors' influence over policy processes. It argues that policy change is a complex and iterative process, and explores the range of actors that mobilize for/against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772371