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Ban on female migrant workers : skills-differentiated evidence from Sri Lanka
Weeraratne, Bilesha - 2021
This study examines the skills-differentiated impact of a restrictive female labour migration policy in Sri Lanka using monthly departure data from 2012 to 2018 in a difference-indifference model. The Family Background Report policy has resulted in decreasing departures among lower-skilled...
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Migration impact on left-behind women's labour participation and time-use : evidence from Kyrgyzstan
Karymshakov, Kamalbek; Sulaimanova, Burulcha - 2017
This paper aims to study the impact of migration on labour supply and time-use of women left behind in Kyrgyzstan. Using the household survey data for 2011, labour supply is measured by occupational choices and working hours. Apart from the labour supply data, this study uses detailed...
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Heterogeneous impact of internet availability on female labour market outcomes in an emerging economy : evidence from Indonesia
Kusumawardhani, Niken; Pramana, Rezanti; Saputri, … - 2021
Greater female labour market participation has important positive implications not only for women's empowerment and the well-being of their families but also for the economy they live in. In this paper, we examine the various effects of internet availability on women's labour market outcomes in...
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Gender wage gaps in Ghana : a comparison across different selection models
Boahen, Emmanuel Adu; Opoku, Kwadwo - 2021
The wage of an individual is observed only when he/she is employed. However, getting employment requires two decisions. First, an individual has to decide to participate in the labour market, and second, an employer must decide to hire that individual. Since female labour market participation...
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Migration and the labour market impacts of COVID-19
Barker, Nathan; Davis, C. Austin; López-Peña, Paula; … - 2020
Using detailed microdata, we document how migration-dependent households are especially vulnerable during the COVID-19 pandemic. We create pre- and post-COVID panel datasets for three populations in Bangladesh and Nepal, leveraging experimental and observational variation in prior migration...
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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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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 gender productivity gap : evidence from the Indian informal sector
Gang, Ira N.; Raj, Rajesh S. N.; Sen, Kunal; Yun, Myeong-Su - 2021
We examine the patterns and correlates of the productivity gap between male-owned and female-owned firms for informal … productivity gaps observed at the lower end of the productivity distribution. Using decomposition methods, we find that about 73 … per cent of the productivity gap can be explained by structural effect, with the remainder being due to differences in …
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Gender divide in agricultural productivity in Mozambique
Morgado, João; Salvucci, Vincenzo - 2016
In this study we analyze the gender gap in agricultural productivity in Mozambique applying the Oaxaca … found in relatively smaller plots, and a pronounced inverse-size productivity relation exists. We could identify some of the …
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The gender employment gap : the effects of extended maternity leave policy in Viet Nam
Tu Thi Ngoc Le; Ngoc Thi Bich Pham - World Institute for Development Economics Research - 2021
This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of maternity leave from four months to six months in Viet Nam's 2012 Labor Code. To identify this effect, labour market outcomes of groups of women and men are compared. We use the...
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