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Female labour force participation and child education in India: The effect of the national rural employment guarantee scheme
Afridi, Farzana; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - 2012
We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284016
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Welfare implications of fiscal reform: The case of food subsidies in India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2002
This paper investigates the effect of a food subsidy programme in India on child malnutrition by addressing the …. First, does the food subsidy induce higher expenditures on food? Second, are there gender inequalities in the distribution … respect to the unusually high incidence of malnutrition in India, and they are topical in the context of current and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279140
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Are caste categories misleading? The relationship between gender and jati in three Indian states
Joshi, Shareen; Kochhar, Nishtha; Rao, Vijayendra - 2017
This paper examines the relationship between caste and gender inequality in three states in India. When households are … literature: lower-caste women are more likely to participate in the labour market, have greater decision-making autonomy within … for an understanding of the relationship between caste and gender, and for the targeting of anti-poverty programmes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943735
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294455
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Gender, Transnational Networks and Remittances: Evidence from Germany
Holst, Elke; Schäfer, Andrea; Schrooten, Mechthild - 2010
and gender-specific determinants of remittances from the senders' perspective, based on data from the German Socio …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600938
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Gender Differences in Subjective Well-Being in and out of Management Positions
Trzcinski, Eileen; Holst, Elke - 2010
This study used data from the German Socio-economic Panel to examine gender differences in the extent to which self …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600941
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Promotion and wages in mid-career: Gender, unionism, and sector
Addison, John T.; Ozturk, Orgul Demet; Wang, Si - 2012
This paper considers the role of gender in the promotion process and the impact of promotion on wages and wage growth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289854
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Minimum wages and female labor supply in Germany
Bredemeier, Christian - 2012
In Germany, there is a vivid political debate on introducing a general statutory minimum wage. In this paper, we study the effects of minimum wages on labor supply using a structural household model where we distinguish between married and single households. In the model, labor supply of married...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010289898
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The impact of flexible working arrangements on work-life conflict and work pressure in Ireland
Russell, Helen; O'Connell, Philip J.; McGinnity, Frances - 2007
Recent rapid economic growth in Ireland has been accompanied by a strong surge in the number of women in employment, and this has led to a significant increase in the proportion of dual-earner families. These changes have brought the issue of reconciliation between work and care commitments to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010290561
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Is innovative firm behavior correlated with age and gender composition of the workforce? Evidence from a new type of data for German enterprises
Pfeifer, Christian; Wagner, Joachim - 2012
on age and gender) and its performance with respect to innovative activities (outlays and employment in research and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291425