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Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in Ghana
Ajayi, Kehinde; Anyidoho, Nana Akua - 2017
We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment. Analysing survey data on 2,036 tertiary graduates in Ghana, we find that males have a stronger preference for...
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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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Development aid and employment
Hoeven, Rolph van der - 2012
Globalization has led to a precarization of labour, which especially manifests in the unstable working conditions, a lower labour share in national income as well as in a growing income inequality, with the exception of some countries with high initial income inequality. The neglect of concern...
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Closing the gap : gender and innovation
Barasa, Laura - 2020
Innovation generally takes place in male-dominated industries. A gender gap might therefore exist. This study used data … from the 2015 Tanzania Firm-Level Skills Survey to investigate the gender innovation gap between female-owned enterprises … innovation performance into the endowments effect that reflects resource endowments and the coefficients effect relating to …
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Making agricultural value chains more inclusive through technology and innovation
Das Nair, Reena; Landani, Namhla - 2020
/medium-sized processors, can be overcome with innovation and technology adoption. Technologies and innovation in these sectors have been both … chains in facilitating inclusive participation, while highlighting potential adverse effects for certain players …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012183585
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Uruguay's income inequality and political regimes during 1981 - 2010
Amarante, Verónica; Colafranceschi, Marco; Vigorito, Andrea - 2011
This study assesses the evolution of inequality in Uruguay during 1981-2010, considered as subperiods built on the basis of the main policy regimes observed: extreme right (1981-84), centre-right (1985-89), right (1990-2004), and centre-left (2005-10). Income inequality diminished during the...
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Skills-biased labour demand and the pursuit of inclusive growth in South Africa
Bhorat, Haroon; Goga, Sumayya; Stanwix, Benjamin - 2014
This paper examines the changing nature of occupational labour-market trends in South Africa and the resulting impact on wages. We observe high levels of demand for skilled labour that have intensified a trend already established before 1994. Over the period 2001-12 employment within the primary...
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Inequality and structural transformation in the changing nature of work : the case of Indonesia
Yusuf, Arief Anshory; Halim, Putri Riswani - 2021
This paper analyses the labour market dynamics in Indonesia from 2001 to 2015 and explores the role of the changing nature of occupational employment in explaining the rising earnings inequality during the same period. First, we find evidence of a disproportionate increase in the returns to...
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The changing nature of work and inequality in Brazil (2003-19) : a descriptive analysis
Firpo, Sérgio Pinheiro; Portella, Alysson; Riva, Flavio; … - 2021
In this paper we use different sources of data on job task content to investigate the importance of occupations and the intensity of routine tasks embodied in them in explaining changes in employment and earnings in Brazil, in particular their relation with earnings and polarization, and...
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Female labour force participation in subSaharan Africa : a cohort analysis
Backhaus, Andreas; Loichinger, Elke - 2021
Female labour force participation rates have stagnated in sub-Saharan Africa since the turn of the millennium. This … participation and female educational attainment across the working age. Female education is further positively related to female …
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