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Gender disparities in employment and aggregate profitability in the United States
Zacharias, Ajit - 2008
We explore the relationships between aggregate profitability and women's growing share of market work in the United States during the 1980s and 1990s. Using decomposition analysis and counterfactuals, we investigate whether the contribution of the declining wage share to the upswing in...
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More than a She-recession: Long-term feminization and short-term pandemic effects
Nelli, Linnea; Virgillito, Maria Enrica - 2023
-household in the labour market, a phenomenon known as feminization. This paper aims at measuring and explaining the gender …
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Female headship and poverty in the Arab region: Analysis of trends and dynamics based on a new typology
AlAzzawi, Shireen; Dang, Hai-Anh; Hlasny, Vladimir; … - 2023
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab region. Yet, previous studies have mixed results and the absence of household panel survey data hinders analysis of poverty dynamics. We address these challenges by proposing a novel...
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Female Headship and Poverty in the Arab Region: Analysis of Trends and Dynamics Based on a New Typology
AlAzzawi, Shireen; Dang, Hai-Anh; Hlasny, Vladimir; … - 2023
Various challenges are thought to render female-headed households (FHHs) vulnerable to poverty in the Arab region. Yet, previous studies have mixed results and despite the availability of cross-sectional data, the absence of household panel survey data hinders analysis of poverty dynamics. We...
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The feminization of agriculture in post-Soviet Tajikistan
Mukhamedova, Nozilakhon; Wegerich, Kai - In: Journal of Rural Studies 57 (2018), pp. 128-139
understand the feminization phenomenon in rural Tajikistan. Agrarian reforms, seasonal male labor outmigration, and the … post-Soviet transition countries such as Tajikistan, the process of feminization grew from the need to take on jobs and to … experience in new employment positions. We contribute to the knowledge on feminization by conducting qualitative, case based …
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Lean Work and Gender Inequalities: Manufacturing Consent at a Multinational Car Plant in Provincial Russia
Krzywdzinski, Martin; Lechowski, Grzegorz; Mählmeyer, … - In: Global Labour Journal 10 (2019) 2, pp. 123-141
How do local labour market structures, in tandem with workforce dispositions and attitudes, influence the way multinational companies localise their standardised work and production systems? This article investigates the conflict-ridden factory regime of a lean automotive plant in provincial...
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Macht und substantielle Repräsentation von Frauen
Blome, Agnes; Fuchs, Gesine - In: Femina Politica - Zeitschrift für feministische … 26 (2017) 1, pp. 55-69
Politische Repräsentation bezweckt im Allgemeinen, politisch verbindliche Entscheidungen herbeizuführen und umzusetzen. Dabei berücksichtigen die gewählten Abgeordneten die Interessen ihrer Bürger*innen. Frauen sind jedoch in den meisten Parlamenten unterrepräsentiert. Dies wirft die Frage...
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Ländliche Lebensverhältnisse im Wandel 1952, 1972, 1993, 2012: Volume 6, Ländliche Arbeitsmärkte: Chancen für Frauen - Frauen als Chance
Tuitjer, Gesine - 2016
Eine Betrachtung der Erwerbsintegration von Frauen in ländlichen Räumen allein unter dem Aspekt des Fachkräftemangels greift zu kurz. Daher werden in dieser Arbeit lokale Geschlechterkulturen und ihre Wirkung auf die Situation von Müttern zwischen Familie und Beruf untersucht. Auf Grundlage...
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Do male bosses underestimate their female subordintates' skills? A comparison of employees' and line managers' perceptions of job skills
Green, Francis; James, Donna; Pedersen, Pål Andreas - 2001
Employees and their line managers may have different perceptions of the skills used in jobs. We carried out a survey aimed at explaining such differences, in respect of verbal, physical, problem-solving and planning skills, the qualifications required to get the job, and indicators of the...
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The Reform of China's Energy Policies
Betz, Joachim - 2013
China's shift in energy policies has been broader, deeper and more successful than that of most other emerging economies, although the economic costs of this transition are tremendous because China is an over-industrialized country whose production is highly energy-intense and it depends on...
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