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Institutions are defined as the set of rules that govern human interactions. When these rules are discriminatory, they may disempower segments of a population in the economic spheres of activity. This study explores whether laws that discriminate against women influence their engagement in the...
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assess the extent to which the adoption of digital technology affects employment and the skill content of jobs at the local … to a reduction in employment in local labor markets. The decrease in employment is larger for routine tasks, thereby …
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The paper tests the effects of plan-making on job search and employment. In a field experiment with unemployed youths … into more job offers (30 percent) and employment (26 percent). Weekly reminders and peer-support sub-treatments do not …
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alienability, and identifies the possibility of a reverse structural change where the share of nonagricultural employment declines … on manufacturing and services employment, rural wages, and per capita household consumption. The evidence on the … disaggregated occupational choices suggests that land restrictions increase wage employment in agriculture, but reduce it in …
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This paper analyzes the effects of land market restrictions on the rural labor market outcomes for women. The existing literature emphasizes two mechanisms through which land restrictions can affect the economic outcomes: the collateral value of land, and (in) security of property rights....
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This paper estimates dynamic employment multipliers in a U.S. county during 1998-2015. On average, one exogenous …
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In this paper the impact of various agglomerative forces on employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing is investigated … representative firm data that covers the formal and informal economy to investigate the impact of agglomerative forces on employment … employment growth in Ghanaian manufacturing, finding that there is no evidence that population density is associated with faster …
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estimate the elasticity of maternal employment to preschool access. The analysis finds that an additional public preschool per …
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Little literature currently exists on the effects of childcare use on maternal labor market outcomes in a developing country context, and recent studies offer mixed results. This paper attempts to fill these gaps by analyzing several of the latest rounds of the Vietnam Household Living Standards...
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three countries, the analysis finds evidence that youth who drop out due to a household income shock have worse employment … programs likely play an important role in the decision to exit school as well as the employment outcomes of those who exit …
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