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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 - 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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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 - 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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010337413

Chapter 12. Gender Inequality

Ponthieux, Sophie; Meurs, Dominique - In: Handbook of income distribution : volume 2, (pp. 981-1146). 2015

research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap …

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Better jobs and incomes in Bulgaria

Molnar, Margit - 2023

The shrinking number of workers due to smaller young cohorts entering the labour market and large-scale outward migration are undermining Bulgaria’s growth prospects, the sustainability of its social institutions and society more widely. Bulgaria needs to provide more support for families and...

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The short-term effect of COVID-19 on self-employed workers in Canada

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Fakorede, Oluwatobi; Mikola, Derek - 2020

Canada, which we interpret as small business owners. We document an important decrease in business ownership between February …

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The Effect of Population Aging on Economic Growth, the Labor Force and Productivity

Maestas, Nicole; Mullen, Kathleen; Powell, David - 2016

Population aging is widely assumed to have detrimental effects on economic growth yet there is little empirical evidence about the magnitude of its effects. This paper starts from the observation that many U.S. states have already experienced substantial growth in the size of their older...

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Bullying at school and labour market outcomes

Drydakis, Nick - 2013

This study examines the long-term correlates of bullying in school with aspects of functioning in adult employment … outlines why bullying might affect employment outcomes through differences in skills and traits. Using Bivariate and Heckit … labour force participation, employment rate and hourly wages are negatively affected by bullying. In addition, men …

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The influence of education on rural population employment : regional disparities

Dinculescu, Corina-Georgeta - In: Agrarian economy and rural development : realities and …, (pp. 279-286). 2016

employment population, in a particular area. The analysis may reveal regional employment disparities, sometimes severe, between … Romania have certain particularities (features) in terms of employment, which makes some characteristics (demographic …, educational etc.) to impart significant influence on employment.This paper aims to highlight the features of the rural area, in …

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Wage inequality and the rise in labor force exit : the case of US prime-age men

Wu, Pinghui - 2022 - This version: September 2022

This article offers the first empirical evidence that labor force exit rates rise when workers' relative earnings fall. The model takes into account that a job not only provides economic security but also affirms a worker's social status, which is tied to their relative position in the labor...

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Towards a more inclusive labour market in Hungary

Kierzenkowski, Rafał - 2012

-time and other flexible forms of employment, reform family policies, ease the integration of people with disability into the …

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