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Promoting women's economic empowerment in the COVID-19 context
O'Donnell, Megan; Buvinić, Mayra; Kenny, Charles; … - 2021
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Empowerment or indoctrination? : female training programs under dictatorship
González, Felipe; Prem, Mounu; Dessauer, Cristine von - 2024
Autocrats often control social organizations to disseminate their ideology. We examine the Pinochet dictatorship in Chile (1973-1990), where conservative military forces controlled female social organizations to promote traditional roles for women as mothers and housewives. Partnering with...
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The impact of ICTs on women's economic empowerment
Nikulin, Dagmara - 2016
It is widely argued that ICTs enable the inclusion of low-skilled and traditionally marginalized groups, such as women, people with disabilities, and workers at the base of the pyramid (BoP), in the labor market. In this paper, we investigate the determinants of female participation in the labor...
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Job Opportunities Along the Rural-Urban Gradation and Female Labor Force Participation in India
Chatterjee, Urmila - 2017
The recent decline in India?s rural female labor force participation is generally attributed to higher rural incomes in … lower, this alleged income effect does not bode well for the empowerment of women as India develops. This paper argues that … misclassification of urban areas as rural, as a result of household surveys lagging behind India?s rapid urbanization process. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012971026
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Transformation of women at work in Asia : an unfinished development agenda
Dasgupta, Sukti (ed.); Verick, Sher Singh (ed.) - Internationales Arbeitsamt - 2016
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An Indian enigma? : labour market impacts of the world's largest livelihoods program
Deshpande, Ashwini; Khanna, Shantanu; Walia, Daksh - 2023
We examine the labour market impacts of the largest livelihoods programs in the world, India's Deendayal Antyodaya …-help groups (SHGs). We combine administrative data on SHG membership across districts in India with survey micro-data on labour …
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Role of information and communication technologies for women empowerment in Kerala
Dinesh, M. P. - In: International journal of economic issues : IJEI 4 (2011) 2, pp. 323-341
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Political reservations, access to water and welfare outcomes : evidence from Indian villages
Jha, Raghbendra; Nag, Sharmistha; Nagarajan, Hari K. - 2011
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The power of employment : effects of India's employment guarantee on women empowerment
Rodriguez, Zachary - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 152 (2022), pp. 1-22
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Modern agri-food systems, horticultural employment and women's empowerment
Krumbiegel, Katharina; Maertens, Miet; Wollni, Meike - 2017
The transformation of global agri-food systems has led to the increased establishment of exportoriented horticultural plantations in developing countries. These labor intense production sites are associated with feminized employment patterns for the delicate handling of fruits and vegetables and...
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