This paper aims to study the impact of migration on labour supply and time-use of women left behind in Kyrgyzstan … the labour supply data, this study uses detailed information on daily time-use, which is analysed within women … that the migration of a household member increases the choice of left-behind women to be unpaid family workers. Most of the …

to the 'early' industrializing countries of the nineteenth and early twentieth century. It shows that women are far more … greater equality is rooted in educational opportunities; and argues that both educational provision, and women's entry into … developing economies. -- elites ; higher education ; women ; development ; economic history ; families …

-studies, we find that education is not a driver of female labour participation in low-skilled jobs. Women from wealthier … dominance reduce women's labour force participation. Women who earn off-farm income are strengthened in their intra …

The impact of childbirth on women's employment has been discussed extensively in the context of developed countries … paper, we use primary data from India, collected via a life history calendar administered to men and women separately. Using … an event study method, we estimate the impact of the first childbirth on women's labour market participation. Our main …

The impact of childbirth on the labour market participation of women has been discussed extensively in the context of … major events (education, marriage, and childbirth) and the concurrent employment status of men and women over their adult … lives. Using an event study method, we estimate the impact of first childbirth on women s labour market participation. Our …

This study seeks to determine the effect on the gender employment gap and women's employment of the extension of … groups of women and men are compared. We use the national representative Viet Nam Household Living Standards Survey for 2008 … sector for women of childbearing age without infant children; however, this narrowing is very small. Industry …

, and by age 22 significantly more women than men have completed high school or tertiary education. From an early age, both … women and men undertake a lot of unpaid labour for their households that tends to be highly gendered, and women's work is … uncounted in the current System of National Accounts definition of labour. However, women still undertake less paid work than …

Despite a sizeable literature on the labour market effects of maternity leave regulations on women in developed … countries, how these policies affect women's work in developing countries with a large informal sector remains poorly understood …. This study examines how extending the maternity leave requirement affects women's decisions to work in the informal or …

Based on primary data from India, this paper analyses the reasons underlying women's low labour force participation. In … developing countries, women engaged in unpaid economic work in family enterprises are often not counted as workers. Women are … leads to mismeasurement of women's work. Religion and visible markers such as veiling are not significant determinants of …