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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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subsidy implicit in the lengthening of the school day. Using data from the Chilean socioeconomic household survey and … increase in labor participation and employment rates of single mothers with eligible children (between 8 and 13 years old) with … are detected among others mothers with eligible children …
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This paper examines the short- and long-run economic impact of Egypt's energy subsidy reform in July 2014 (without and …
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Arab Republic of Egypt (transport) and the Republic of Yemen (agriculture). The focus is mainly on the costs associated …
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This study examines recent effective rates of protection across the Egyptian economy, using an ad valorem price wedge introduced by nontariff barriers and energy subsidies, and compares today's effective rates of protection with those of a decade ago. The study uses 23 aggregated sectors from...
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This paper is the first to show that excess mortality among adult women can be partly explained by strong preference for male children, the same cultural norm widely known to cause excess mortality before birth or at young ages. Using pooled individual-level data for India, the paper compares...
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-in-difference-in-differences framework. With a longitudinal survey that tracks individuals for an average of 22 years, a panel of mothers was constructed to … 1,000 children increases the work participation of mothers of preschool age eligible children by 11-16 percent from the … of holding a second job. The availability of preschools induces mothers to informal sector occupations that do not …
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Poor rural women in the developing world spend considerable time collecting water. How then do they respond to improved access to water infrastructure? Does it increase their participation in income earning market-based activities? Does it improve the health and education outcomes of their...
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This paper analyzes the incentives to labor supply faced by families, particularly mothers, with young children in the … demand for public nurseries. A 75 percent subsidy of typical childcare costs would restore the financial viability of low …-paying work for mothers with young children. Alternative remedies include a reform of the eligibility and withdrawal rules of the …
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Female labor force participation rates in urban India between 1987 and 2011 are surprisingly low and have stagnated since the late 1980s. Despite rising growth, fertility decline, and rising wages and education levels, married women's labor force participation hovered around 18 percent. Analysis...
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