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maternity and child related benefits. Using panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys …, our results reveal striking gender differences with respect to the reallocation of male and female employ-ees to and out …
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of the public and private sectors. -- Employment ; Mobility ; Gender ; Household … maternity and child related benefits. Using panel data constructed from the 1995 and 1997 Bulgarian Integrated Household Surveys …, our results reveal striking gender differences with respect to the reallocation of male and female employ-ees to and out …
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research on gender inequality in access to self-employment, the gender gap in pensions, and the emerging topic of a gender gap … the gender wage gap—a central issue—and of course the still far from equal sharing of housework, the chapter also reviews … in wealth, attempting to highlight the paths between the various facets of gender inequality. Throughout the review, much …
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A number of important jurisdictions have recently enacted salary history bans to combat the gender pay gap. This paper … the gender pay gap and the biases cited by proponents of bans: some firms consistently but unconsciously under … and wage gap persists. In contrast, bans may reduce the gender wage gap, but do so at the expense of high-performing women …
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empirically investigate the dynamics and drivers of gender gaps in employment rates, wages and workhours during the pandemic … experienced a major decline in their employment rate and workhours, as well as gender segregation in the most affected industries …. Relying on Estonian Labour Force Survey data, we document that the pandemic has, if anything, reduced gender inequality in all …
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labor and tackle the gender employment gap, but they are not sufficient for reducing the gender pay gap. … that the payroll tax cut generates long-lasting growth in female employment, reduces the time spent on welfare, and spurs … business growth, without crowding out male employment. By contrast, the tax cut does not raise net wages, suggesting that tax …
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female employment and spurs business performance, especially where gender biases are more severe. By contrast, the tax cut … to reduce the gender employment gap, but not the gender pay gap. … the budgetary cost. These findings provide the first empirical evidence that differentiating payroll taxes by gender helps …
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part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies …Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender …
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part of the gender earnings gap and mitigate high female propensity to self-employment. Our findings suggest that policies …Persistent gender gaps characterize labor markets in many African countries. Utilizing Eswatini's first three labor … market surveys (conducted in 2007, 2010, and 2013), this paper provides first systematic evidence on the country's gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012507715
This paper evaluates the gender wage gap among wage workers along the wage distribution in Georgia between 2004 and …). We find that the gender wage gap decreases along the wage distribution, from 0.64 log points to 0.54 log points …. Endowment differences explain between 22 percent and 61 percent of the observed gender wage gap, with the explained proportion …
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