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The dynamics of women’s labour supply in developing countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R.; Umaña-Aponte, Marcela - 2010

; dynamics ; Africa ; Asia ; Latin America … that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional …

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The Dynamics of Women's Labour Supply in Developing Countries

Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2010

that the within-country relationship of women's employment and income is, on average, negative in Asia and Latin America … but positive in Africa. We suggest that amongst reasons why African women behave differently are that the conventional … and potentially correlated shocks. In Asia and Latin America, characteristics that strengthen counter-cyclical responses …

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Child labor in Africa and Asia : household and context determinants of hours worked in paid labor by young children in 16 low-income countries

Webbink, Ellen; Smits, Jeroen; Jong, Eelke de - In: The European journal of development research : journal … 27 (2015) 1, pp. 84-98

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Does unilateral divorce impact women's labor supply? : evidence from Mexico

Hoehn-Velasco, Lauren; Penglase, Jacob - In: Journal of economic behavior & organization : JEBO 187 (2021), pp. 315-347

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Motherhood and flexible jobs : evidence from Latin American countries

Berniell, Inés; Berniell, Lucila; Mata, Dolores de la; … - 2021

We study the causal effect of motherhood on labour market outcomes in Latin America by adopting an event study approach around the birth of the first child based on panel data from national household surveys for Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Our main contributions are: (i) providing new and...

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Structural Change in Developing Countries : Has it Decreased Gender Inequality?

Rendall, Michelle - 2012

This paper examines the evolution of female labor market outcomes from 1987 to 2008 by assessing the role of changing labor demand requirements in four developing countries: Brazil, Mexico, India and Thailand. The results highlight the importance of structural change in reducing gender...

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