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Top earners and earnings inequality during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Ecuadorian administrative data

Bargain, Olivier; Carrillo-Maldonado, Paul; Jara, H. Xavier - 2023

This paper aims to assess the extent to which top earners in Ecuador were affected by the COVID-19 crisis compared to other segments of the population. Our analysis uses administrative data for individuals affiliated to social security between January 2019 and December 2021. We identify the top...

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Old-age pensions and female labour supply in India

Unnikrishnan, Vidhya; Sen, Kunal - 2020

Whether cash transfers have unintended behavioural effects on the recipient household's labour supply is of considerable policy interest. We examine the 'intent to treat effect' of the Indira Gandhi National Old-Age Pension Scheme on prime-age women's labour supply decisions in India, where...

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The rise in women's labour force participation in Mexico : supply vs demand factors

Bhalotra, Sonia; Fernández, Manuel - 2021

We estimate the relative importance of alternative labour supply and demand mechanisms in explaining the rise of female labour force participation over the last 55 years in Mexico. The growth of female labour force participation in Mexico between 1960 and 2015 followed an S-shape, with a...

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Women's labour supply and household insurance in Africa

Bhalotra, Sonia; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2012

timing, and investments in children. -- insurance ; women's labour supply ; added worker effect ; business cycles ; Africa …

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Gender identity and female labour supply in Brazil

Codazzi, Karen; Pero, Valéria; Sant'Anna, André - 2017

Over the last half-century, the role of women in society has changed substantially. However, the gender income gap and the difference in labour force participation persist. Akerlof and Kranton introduce the concept of identity from sociology and social psychology at the economic analysis; based...

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Polygamy and female labour supply in Senegal

Cudeville, Elisabeth; Guénard, Charlotte; Robilliard, … - 2017

In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally representative survey. In a reduced-form approach, we first measure the impact of polygyny on participation using a joint model of spouse participation. The identification of the impact of...

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Social norms as a barrier to women's employment in developing countries

Jayachandran, Seema - 2019

This paper discusses cultural barriers to women's participation and success in the labor market in developing countries. I begin by describing how gender norms influence the relationship between economic development and female employment, as well as how gender norms differ substantially across...

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Labour turnover and workers' well-being in the Ethiopian manufacturing industry

Halvorsen, Sandra Kristine - 2021

Manufacturing industry expansion is a central part of Ethiopia's growth and transformation agenda due to its potential for accelerated economic development and large-scale job creation, in particular for women. However, the industry is experiencing extremely high labour turnover rates, which is...

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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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Maternal employment and children's outcomes : evidence from Indonesia

Dervisevic, Ervin; Lo Bue, Maria C.; Perova, Elizaveta - 2021

needed to provide core inputs for children's health and education. However, maternal employment comes at the cost of time … spent with children, which is also a critical input into children's development. The net impact is therefore theoretically … children's health and education in Indonesia. We mobilize several data sources to construct a dataset of more than 32 …

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