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(employment), unpaid work (time spent on domestic work) and incomes, this paper examines the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on … the gender gaps in paid and unpaid work through the lockdown and recovery phases. The first month of the national lockdown …, April 2020, saw a large contraction in employment for both men and women, where more men lost jobs in absolute terms …
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as others, irrespective of gender and spousal employment. Third, single-parent essential workers experience relatively …We examine whether the COVID-19 crisis affects women and men differently in terms of employment, working hours and …
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Increasing maternal employment rates engage policies and people for decades. It is pushed but also questioned at the … raising. This paper addresses the question what is the effect of the parent's money reform of 2007 on maternal employment … done to investigate causal effects of the reform on the employment rates of mothers. The results reveal that the mothers …
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employment rates in 1970 in a female migrant's province of origin affects her labor supply behavior in 2008. We also show that it … is the female employment rates and not male in the province of origin in 1970 that affects the current labor supply …
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In cities with conservative norms or high crime, female workers may face greater restrictions on their, physical mobility. This limits women’s labor market opportunities and the pool of workers that firms, can attract. In this study, we experimentally vary access to a transport service in...
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This study examines the initial impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on the employment and hours of unincorporated self …-employed workers using data from the Current Population Survey. Although the shutdowns decreased employment and hours for all groups …, differential effects by gender, couple status, and parental status exist. Coupled women were less likely to be working than coupled …
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intergenerational transmission of gender attitudes and norms as determinants of women's labour force participation in industrialized … countries. This paper discusses the measurement of gender attitudes and reviews research findings. Studies reveal that gender …. Mothers' egalitarian views and less-restrictive gender norms promote greater labour force participation for daughters and …
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This study aims to improve the understanding of the barriers and enabling factors determining the demand for childcare in Mexico City. The study is based on focus group discussions and individual in-depth interviews with mothers and fathers (married or living in a union) of children ages zero to...
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