The aim of this paper is to examine the issues of gender disparities in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS … gender disparities in comparison to: EU-12 and EU-15, using data for the period 1985-2005. The study confirms the existence … of slightly different paths in which gender disparities have evolved over time. While in EU-15 women participation in …

Using data from the 2002 LFS, we examine the impact of disability on labour market outcomes by gender. Our results … indicate that substantial differences in both the likelihood of employment and levels of earnings exist, despite several years …? for disability is greater for women than for men. Using the Baldwin and Johnson (1992) methodology, we find the employment …

We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …

The European Union has developed a complex strategy and policy coordination process to promote gender equality in all … community policies through "gender mainstreaming". While every member country has to promote the policy objective of gender … equality, the instruments implemented to that end may differ. Different institutional structures and gender roles in the …

gender segmented labor market, with men continuing in relatively protected and regulated standard employment and women …Changes in the structure and regulation of employment in Japan differentially impact men and women. The labor force … participation of Japanese women is increasing, but women's employment is concentrated in relatively deregulated and flexible forms …

This study investigates the employment and wage disparities between people with and without disabilities. It shows that …, the potentially greater job flexibility offered by self-employment, and discrimination against people with disabilities …

We estimate the relationship between wages and occupational gender segregation in Sweden. Because of high wage equality … supports this hypothesis. We also investigate how the unexplained gender wage gap vary across occupations and find that this …

This paper proposes a new measure of gender differences in access to jobs based on a job assignment model. This measure … show that the gender difference in the probability of getting a job increases along the wage ladder from 9% to 50%. Females …

thirty years, the regional file of the IAB Employment Sample (IABS-R04). By drawing segregation curves and calculating …

computing technologies. This paper surveys the evidence on the effects of technical change on skills, wages and employment by … level product innovations appear to raise employment growth, but there is no clear evidence of a robust effect (either …