of human empowerment such as education and employment. While some employers are unwilling to hire, the educational … systems do not provide enabling environment for a good education. This paper explores employment and educational attainment … among people with disabilities. Although, people with disabilities have low employment probabilities, our finding suggests …

participation deficit associated with disability is large, I provide results that are a relief to policy-makers. I use an event … in disability-friendly ramps within schools. …

creating incentives for the population to enter formal employment. However, empirical evidence on labour supply elasticities in … the presence of informal employment remains scarce. This paper analyses female labour supply behaviour and the choice … between formal and informal employment in Ecuador, a middle-income country characterized by persistent levels of informal …

employment in the nonprimary sector. Early motherhood, in turn, is associated with lower female schooling and a widening gender …

's labour force participation is mostly in flexible employment, e.g. self-employment and agricultural and non-agricultural wage … employment, and is particularly evident for poorer households. …

This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of … extensions of maternity leave and the gender employment gap in Viet Nam. The findings show that, on average, the new law did not … exacerbate the gender employment gap, and there was a narrowing of the gap in the formal jobs sector compared to the waged jobs …

. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as … more detail specific gender-related social norms and how they constrain women’s employment. I present examples of policies … aimed at dismantling these cultural barriers to female employment and the impacts they have. …