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The rise in women's labour force participation in Mexico : supply vs demand factors
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012422678
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Occupation flexibility and the graduate gender wage gap in the UK
Benny, Liza; Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Fernández, Manuel - 2021
This paper examines the importance of gender differences in labour supply and demand for job exibility to the growth of … the gender wage gap over the life cycle and over time for graduates in the UK. We document that the graduate gender wage … quantify the importance of changes to preferences and relative demand for exibility on the gender wage gap. Higher relative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584733
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Multiple Births, Birth Quality and Maternal Labor Supply : Analysis of Ivf Reform in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2019
In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003. Following publication of medical evidence showing that pregnancy success rates could be maintained using single rather than multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012864883
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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019
In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003. Following publication of medical evidence showing that pregnancy success rates could be maintained using single rather than multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054653
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Multiple births, birth quality and maternal labor supply : analysis of IVF reform in Sweden
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Clarke, Damian; Mühlrad, Hanna; … - 2019
In this study we examine the passage of a reform to in-vitro fertilization (IVF) procedures in Sweden in 2003. Following publication of medical evidence showing that pregnancy success rates could be maintained using single rather than multiple embryo transfers, the single embryo transfer (SET)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012021924
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The dynamics of women’s labour supply in developing countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010
This paper investigates cyclicality in women's labour supply motivated by the hypothesis that it contributes to smoothing household consumption in environments characterized by income volatility. We use comparable individual data on about 1.1 million women in 63 developing and transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003952941
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Women's labour supply and household insurance in Africa
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2012
This paper investigates whether cyclical variation in women's labour supply in Africa contributes to smoothing household consumption. We find little support for this hypothesis. Using comparable individual data on about 0.5 million women in 30 Sub-Saharan African countries merged with country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009563381
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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010
This paper investigates cyclicality in women's labour supply motivated by the hypothesis that it contributes to smoothing household consumption in environments characterized by income volatility. We use comparable individual data on about 1.1 million women in 63 developing and transition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013144690
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Cognitive development and infectious disease : gender differences in investments and outcomes
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Venkataramani, Atheendar S. - 2013
a 0.1 standard deviation increase in test scores, but only for girls. We show that a reason for the gender … water provision to narrow test score gaps across countries and, within countries, across gender. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010228782
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Where have all the young girls gone? : identification of sex selection in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Cochrane, Tom - 2010
sex diagnosis ; ultrasound ; gender ; India ; triple difference estimator ; differences in differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009313317