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The effect of unobservables on labour supply decisions: the formal and informal sector during transition
Namazie, Ceema Zahra - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2003
The transition from a command economy in the FSU resulted in increased activities in the informal sector. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125949
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Latvia: Working Too Hard?
Hazans, Mihails - EconWPA - 2005
This paper provides an assessment of employment and working conditions in Latvia before and immediately after the EU accession. The issues addressed include self-employment, multiple jobs, fixed-term contracts, unreported wages, overtime, unsocial working hours, health and safety at work, social...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005076524
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The Decision of Work and Study and Employment Outcomes
Peng, Amy; Yang, Ling - Department of Economics, Ryerson University - 2009
The paper studies factors that contribute to student's work study decision while attending postsecondary institutions using SLID and YITS data. It further tests that how the work decision can affect their future employment outcomes.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008469725
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The Role of Coresidency with Adult Children in the Labor Force Participation Decisions of Older Men and Women in China
Connelly, Rachel; Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Zhang, Dandan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Over the course of China's economic reforms, a pronounced divergence in the labor force participation patterns of rural and urban elders emerged – rural elders increased their rates of participation while urban elders reduced theirs. In this project, based on the data of the Chinese population...
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Childcare, Eldercare, and Labor Force Participation of Married Women in Urban China: 1982−2000
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Connelly, Rachel; Lan, Chen; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
We employ data from the three most recent Chinese population censuses to consider married, urban women's labor force participation decisions in the context of their families and their residential locations. We are particularly interested in how the presence in the household of preschool and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004980265
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Differential Rewards to, and Contributions of, Education in Urban China’s Segmented Labor Markets
Maurer-Fazio, Margaret; Dinh, Ngan - William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan - 2002
Education’s role in determining worker incomes in China’s rapidly changing urban labor markets is investigated in this paper. Using worker data from a 1999-2000 urban enterprise survey, we examine the effects of education on the current earnings of continuously-employed urban workers,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005677440
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Gender-sensitive Economic Policies in the UNECE Region in the Context of the Economic and Financial Crisis
Hermelink, Ursula; Trentini, Claudia - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2009
Gender equality is a basic human right and is as such a part of the social policy framework. At the same time, it is a multi-faceted concept with its cultural, social, legal, political and economic dimensions and interrelations. The prevalent practice in most countries illustrates that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008621692
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Women's Employment, Children and Transition An Empirical Analysis on Poland
Bardasi, Elena; Monfardini, Chiara - Centre for Household, Income, Labour and Demographic … - 2005
The effect of transition from centrally planned to market economies on female employment is unclear a-priori. Many …’s employment. A frequently mentioned explanation of the lower female participation during the transition period is the reduction of … the turbulent transition period. The aim of this paper is to give an empirical assessment on how the transition to a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005518897
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Employment in Poland 2005
Bukowski, Maciej; Lewandowski, Piotr; Magda, Iga; … - EconWPA - 2005
This publication is a non-technical report prepared for Polish Ministry of Economy and Labor. The main goal is to present a comprehensive statistical and econometric analysis of employment, unemployment and participation in Poland in the period 1998-2004 and confront Polish experiences with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005556757
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Privatization, Competition, and Budget Constraints: Disciplining Enterprises in Russia
Earle, John S.; Estrin, Saul - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
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