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Does connectivity reduce gender gaps in offfarm employment? : evidence from 12 low- and middle-income countries
Egger, Eva-Maria; Arslan, Aslıhan; Zucchini, Emanuele - 2021
jobs. We combine household survey data from 12 low- and middle-income countries in Asia, Latin America, and sub …
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A macro-micro analysis of gender segregation and job quality in Latin America
Arora, Diksha; Braunstein, Elissa; Seguino, Stephanie - 2021
Latin America has seen vast improvements in gender educational and health equality. Favourable supply-side conditions, however, have not translated into greater gender economic equality, a process that also depends on structural economic change and global macroeconomic conditions. In this paper,...
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Self-employment and labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua
Alaniz, Enrique; Espino, Alma; Gindling, Thomas - 2019
We study the labour market dynamics of men and women in El Salvador and Nicaragua, focusing on the factors that help men and women move into an advantageous labour market state from an unfavourable state. We consider 'advantageous' states to be formal salaried employees and self-employed workers...
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Motherhood and flexible jobs : evidence from Latin American countries
Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2021
We study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Our main contributions are: (i) providing new and...
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Learning from Asia's success beyond simplistic 'lesson-making'
Hobday, Michael - 2011
Many international organizations, governments and academics concerned with economic development look to Asia's success … East and South East Asia and asks: what can other developing countries learn from Asia's success, if anything? The study … developing nations of today cannot ignore the rise of Asia and the study identifies useful insights from the Asian experience …
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The practice of industrial policy : lessons for Africa ; co-ordination through an Asian lens
Lin, Justin Yifu; Vũ-Minh-Khương - 2014
African countries are facing great opportunities but also formidable challenges in accelerating economic growth and sustaining a high level of economic performance. The experiences of East Asian countries may offer valuable insights for African leaders and governments in making concerted efforts...
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Asian donor support for gender equality and women's empowerment : comparative experience, challenges, and opportunities
McGill, Eugenia - 2013
Since the 1990s, gender mainstreaming has been a widely accepted strategy for promoting gender equality within governments, multilateral agencies, and development NGOs, although critics continue to question its premises and results. This paper reviews how the development agencies of Australia,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010213136
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Globalization and exclusionary urban growth in Asian countries
Kundu, Amitabh; Kundu, Debolina - 2010
deceleration. This questions the postulate of the epicentre of urbanization shifting to Asia. It also lends credence to the thesis … attract global and domestic capital into cities, governments would not interfere with 'elitist interests'. Asia, thus, is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008661736
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Employment and development in Asia
Hoeven, Rolph van der - 2018
How have economic development, employment, and labour markets in Asian countries interacted since the publication of Myrdal's Asian Drama? Myrdal rejected, the western approach to and definition of employment and emphasized the role of "informal" employment, but he underestimated the effects of...
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The state and development
Evans, Peter B.; Heller, Patrick - 2018
Using a comparative frame that draws on the variation of developmental trajectories in Asia from Northeast Asia to … China to Southeast Asia and to India, this paper explores the changing role of the state in these countries and the … possibilities for state action in Asia have been shaped by geo-political context and colonial heritage. We analyse the ways in which …
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