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paper with an emphasis on differences by gender and differences across regions. Some comparisons between China and India and … gender in any analysis. …
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The growing gender gap in educational attainment between men and women has raised concerns that the skill development … of boys may be more sensitive to family disadvantage than that of girls. Using the National Longitudinal Study of … produces a similar pattern of results. We conclude that focusing on gender differences in behavior in school may not lead to …
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Using a cluster randomized control trial, we study the role of women's social networks in improving female labor force participation. In the first treatment arm, a hyper-local digital job search platform service was offered to a randomly selected group of married couples (non-network treatment)...
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In this project, we study employment respective working hours of men and women with and without children in the early … and return to their pre-crisis level in summer 2020. Most surprisingly, having children has an accelerating effect on …. These results challenge concerns about a temporary or possibly persistent ‘re-traditionalisation’ of gender roles during the …
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Low Female Labor Force Participation (FLFP) constitutes a foregone opportunity at both the macro and at the micro levels, potentially increasing the vulnerability of households and lowering the long-run development perspectives of a country. Most international organizations and national policy...
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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 …
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private sector and the family-friendly public sector significantly changes around the birth of their first child. Specifically …
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This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of natives. Using detailed quarterly data for the period 2008-2014, we find not only that first-generation immigrants face a...
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This paper provides a comprehensive quantitative assessment of the employment performance of first- and second-generation immigrants in Belgium compared to that of natives. Using detailed quarterly data for the period 2008-2014, we find not only that first-generation immigrants face a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207685
This paper uses the task content model of occupations to investigate whether technology and trade have had differential effects on male and female workers in India. It describes trends in employment shares and wages for female and male workers based on whether they have routine manual, routine...
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