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Dynastic measures of inter-generational mobility with empirical evidence from Indonesia
Bargain, Olivier; Lo Bue, Maria C.; Palmisano, Flaviana - 2021
We suggest a simple and flexible criterion to assess inter-generational mobility. It accommodates different types of outcomes (continuous outcomes such as potential earnings, or discrete ones such as education groups) and captures dynastic improvements of such outcomes at different points of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509834
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Dynastic measures of intergenerational mobility
Bargain, Olivier; Lo Bue, Maria C.; Palmisano, Flaviana - 2023
We suggest a simple and flexible criterion to assess relative inter-generational mobility. It accommodates different types of outcomes, such as (continuous) earnings or (discrete and ordinal) education levels, and captures dynastic improvements of such outcomes at different points of the initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499450
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Dynastic measures of inter-generational mobility with empirical evidence from Indonesia
Bargain, Olivier; Lo Bue, Maria C.; Palmisano, Flaviana - 2021
We suggest a simple and flexible criterion to assess inter-generational mobility. It accommodates different types of outcomes (continuous outcomes such as potential earnings, or discrete ones such as education groups) and captures dynastic improvements of such outcomes at different points of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651141
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Dynastic Measures of Intergenerational Mobility
Bargain, Olivier; Lo Bue, Maria C.; Palmisano, Flaviana - 2023
We suggest a simple and flexible criterion to assess relative inter-generational mobility. It accommodates different types of outcomes, such as (continuous) earnings or (discrete and ordinal) education levels, and captures dynastic improvements of such outcomes at different points of the initial...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296611
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Women's Political Participation and Intrahousehold Empowerment: Evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring
Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine; Champeaux, Hugues - 2018
Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873538
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Minimum wages and the gender gap in pay : new evidence from the UK and Ireland
Bargain, Olivier; Doorley, Karina; Van Kerm, Philippe - 2018
employment, they should benefit the most from minimum wage policies. This study examines the change in the gender wage gap around … decomposition of the change in the gender differences in wage distributions around the date of introduction of minimum wages. We … gender gap at low wages is observed after the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland while there is hardly any change in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011855449
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Women's political participation and intrahousehold empowerment : evidence from the Egyptian Arab Spring
Bargain, Olivier; Boutin, Delphine; Champeaux, Hugues - 2018
Egyptian women have played an unprecedented role in the Arab Spring democratic movement, possibly changing women's perception about their own rights and role. We question whether these events have translated into better outcomes within Egyptian households. We conjecture that potential changes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011865179
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Minimum Wages and the Gender Gap in Pay : New Evidence from the UK and Ireland
Bargain, Olivier - 2018
employment, they should benefit the most from minimum wage policies. This study examines the change in the gender wage gap around … decomposition of the change in the gender differences in wage distributions around the date of introduction of minimum wages. We … gender gap at low wages is observed after the introduction of the minimum wage in Ireland while there is hardly any change in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919507
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Minimum Wages and the Gender Gap in Pay. Evidence from the UK and Ireland
Bargain, Olivier - 2016
Since women are disproportionately in low paid work, they should benefit the most from minimum wage policies. We exploit the introduction of a national minimum wage (MW) in Ireland (in 2000) and the UK (in 1999) to check this prediction. Using panel survey data, we implement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000802
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The economic gains of closing the employment gender gap : evidence from Morocco
Bargain, Olivier; Lo Bue, Maria C. - 2021
The present paper sheds new light on the growth implications of gender inequalities in the Moroccan labour market. We … confront two different approaches. The first one is based on firm data to estimate gender complementarity in production and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509934